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Re: declarative (config file) way idea of handling the OS by way of the old system



Mike Kupfer wrote:

> I have half of that, sort of. A static file has 1 package
> name per line, and each line has a usage tag like "base",
> "dev", or "emacs-build", and distro tags, like "deb10" or
> "f25". I run a script, telling it the usage and distro, and
> it spits out a list of packages. I usually redirect the list
> to a file, review and maybe edit it, and do something like
> "apt install $(cat tmp/pkgs)".
>
> I don't have the half that deletes unwanted packages, but
> that's not functionality I feel a need for.

Feel free to share, I forgot to say.

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