On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 03:07:17PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > * Paul Sargent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.11.08 13:20:21+0000]: > > OK, I'll give it a go. Would that be a entry for the testing or stable part > > of the UK mirror? > > stable (i.e. potato) > > > > do you purge or delete packages? > > > > I tend to purge, trying to keep the system as clean as possible. > > good. i thought --set-selections takes care of that. let me research a > little...
I think the key is when doing your get-selections use: dpkg --get-selections \* > my_selections Without the '*' dpkg will only list installed packages. With the '*' it will also list purged packages. John
