On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 04:15:52 PST, kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: >My preference is to do a minimal base system installation, then run: > > $ dpgk --get-selections > file > >..on the old system followed by > > $ dpkg --set-selections < file > $ apt-get update; apt-get upgrade > >..on the new one.
...which was exactly what I did today on a colleagues new installation, cloning from mine. But apt wasn´t impressed by that, so I reverted to dselect (which I didn´t use in ~ 1 year now), and there the [I]nstall - option did the trick ;) JIC someone´s going to search the archives for that... cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Network Engineer | T: +43 1 89933 F: x533 \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | KPNQwest/AT | Diefenbachg. 35, A-1150 /
