Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:29:05 -0500 <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > > On 2010-03-22 21:56, Mike Viau wrote: > > Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:29:01 -0400 <ml...@post.harvard.edu> wrote: > > > > > > On 23:37 Fri 19 Mar , Mike Viau wrote: > > > > > > My output with the suggestion above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > debian:~# dpkg --dry-run --purge $(join -v2 <(awk '{if > > ($2=="install") > > > > > > print $1}' < debian-5.04-base-selections | sort) <(dpkg > > --get-selections | > > > > > > awk '{if ($2=="install") print $1}' | sort)) bash: command > > substitution: > > > > > > I like your idea. > > > > Credit goes out to Mike Bird </mgb/-/debian/@/yosemite/./net/> > > +1 > > > > > Would you post the file debian-5.04-base-selections or give us a > > reference? > > > > Attached for you convenience! > > sourced from: Debian Lenny > > > > Next time you attach such a file, I suggest that you add a ".txt" so > that your email/webmail app knows that it is a text file, instead of > base64 encoded application/octet-stream. > > (Iceweasel/Thunderbird seems to "peek" into it, probably using some > built-in libmagic and knows to set the attachment to be inline > text/plain. Don't know what Mutt, Sylpheed, KMail and Evolution do.) > > -- > "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak > or the timid." Dwight Eisenhower > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ba83581.3020...@cox.net >
Thanks for the information, I wasn't aware of that... -M _________________________________________________________________ Check your Hotmail from your phone. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957