Paul E Condon <pecondon <at> mesanetworks.net> writes: > My suggestion is: > > # aptitude -F "%p %M" search '~i' |tr -s ' '|sed 's/ A$/+M/' > package-list > > followed by (without change except for fixing the missing "k" > > # aptitude install $(cat package-list) > > I haven't actually tested this. It is just what I think would work > from reading the aptitude documentation. By later today I may be able > to do some tests without trashing one of my systems. The theory is [...] > > Question: Where would be a good place for the file, package-list, > within the Debian way? In /etc/apt/ ? Or /var/backups/ ? Elsewhere?
I think it should go in /etc/apt. Also, Aptitude should save an up-to-date copy of the file every time you run an "aptitude install" or "aptitude upgrade" command. It would be wonderful if someone could test that: it'd be difficult for me to test, so I don't volunteer. And then if someone could file a feature request against aptitude asking them to implement this, or better yet, write a patch. -Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
