On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:16:56AM +0200, Ratiu Petru wrote: > On Mon, 06 Nov 2006, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 05:45:01PM -0800, Jason Morehouse wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Just wondering if there is an existing solution (or home-rolled script) > > > to keep packages consistent across multiple servers. > > > > > > The standard repositories are fine, and caching isn't needed (ala > > > apt-proxy), as they are on different networks. But if I install / > > > remove packages on a server, I'd like to do the same on other servers > > > without having to keep track. Also when I create a new server, id like > > > to quickly remove and apt-get packages from a master list. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Hi Jason, > > > > dpkg --get-selections|grep -v deinstall > package.list > > will get the Debian package names sans the version number. > > > Is there a way to do this in such a way to preserve aptitude's database, > too? I'm talking primarily about the auto/noauto status of packages. > > I've previously used dpkg --set-selections < sel.txt && apt-get > dselect-upgrade and it worked like a charm, but I'm now considering to start > using aptitude for package management, as it's the recommended package > manager since sarge. Hi Ratiu, with the increasing use of aptitude in Debian, it would seem that an equivilant command that mirrors 'dpkg --get-selections' should be made for it. I guess maybe its time for a wishlist bug against aptitude. So basicially, if you can hack the aptitude source code, go to it :-) as many folks would be intereted in this. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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