On 20/06/13, Bill.M (bill3@uniserve.com) wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:42:56 -0700 > From: "Bill.M" <bill3@uniserve.com> > To: Debian User ML <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: From Squeeze to Wheezy: An upgrade problem > X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=5.0 > tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RDNS_NONE, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=ham > version=3.3.2 > > Hi folks, > ... > I'm thinking that what I need to generate is a diff list of packages > installed on my current Squeeze that aren't in the standard Squeeze > and then feed that into apt on Wheezy. But how to do that? How to > generate the Squeeze list? I haven't located any advice. > > Any thoughts? Is this even possible? 1. #dpkg --get-selections \* | grep -e install -e hold | grep -v deinstall > ~/my-selections-$(date +%Y%m%d) 2. #dselect update #dpkg --set-selections < my-selections-$whateverthedatewas Maybe take a look at /var/lib/dpkg/status? #apt-get -u dselect-upgrade May need to #dselect install I didn't think any of this up, but copied it from smarter folks whose names I have forgotten. -- JohnRChamplin@wowway.com ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/99421A63 2005-01-05 EE51 79E9 F244 D734 A012 1CEC 7813 9FE9 9942 1A63 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 99421A63
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