On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 11:50:07AM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: Please see my reply to this.
> "dpkg --get-selections >& /file/to/output.txt" There is no need to shunt stderr as well, since if anything is written to it (unlikely), it will taint the file. > "cat /file/to/output.txt | dpkg --set-selections" > > "apt-get upgrade" No, you *must* do: apt-get dselect-upgrade. > (man dpkg for more information.) Heh, yes, it *is* worth reading. -- Thomas Adam -- "Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in the arse." -- Morrissey. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]