One way is fine, as long as it does not also remove any critical packages from the production system.
So, I assume that dpkg --get-selections does ONLY that, i.e. it just gets the selections if they are not already installed. It does not remove packages not in the selection list. Thanks Ray. --pk > -----Original Message----- > From: J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 2:44 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: syncing debian packages on two machines > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 13:12:31 -0800, Peter Kocks wrote: > > For the moment, I'm fine with the production > box have the exact same > > packages installed as the development box. > Unfortunately, I've used > > dselect on both machines to do the original > install and the machines are > > now out of sync. > > > > So, you do I sync the package list on both > machines easily? automated? > > That depends a lot on what you mean by sync. If > you simply mean one-way "I > want the production box to have the same packages > as the development box", > you could do, from the development box > dpkg --get-selections | ssh productionbox > "dpkg --get-selections && apt-get dselect-upgrade" > Note that this does not necessarily mean you'll > have the same versions of > those packages installed. > > HTH, > Ray > -- > POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique in human experience, > an event which happened > yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen > until tomorrow. > - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
