On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 12:28:37PM +0100, Josh Berdine wrote: > I must be being thick... > > alonzo:~# mount /dev/sda7 /mnt > alonzo:~# dpkg --get-selections >/mnt/tmp/slns > alonzo:~# chroot /mnt > alonzo:/# dpkg --set-selections </tmp/slns > alonzo:/# dpkg --get-selections >/tmp/slns2 > alonzo:/# diff --brief /tmp/slns /tmp/slns2 > Files /tmp/slns and /tmp/slns2 differ > > Those two files are meaningfully different.
What are some specific differences? > What I'm trying to do is move a potato install from one partition to > another, as part of a rearrangement and resizing of partitions. I > figured that I could make a tarball of /etc, /usr/local, and possibly I > need /var, and then use the selections list and I'd have the same > install I had before, but --set-selections is beating me. Try "dpkg --get-selections '*'", maybe that makes a difference. Cheers, Joost
