On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:59:30 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > I wondered what is the difference between > > a) dpkg --get-selections "*" > mylist.txt and > b) dpkg --get-selections > mylist.txt > > I get different results, but the asterix is a joker, and the results > should be the same. The manual did not mention the asterix, and I > suppose (as many sites told using the asterix), option a) is orphaned. > > Am I correct?
sm01@stt008:~$ dpkg --get-selections "*" > mylist.txt sm01@stt008:~$ dpkg --get-selections > mylist2.txt sm01@stt008:~$ diff mylist.txt mylist2.txt 791d790 < popularity-contest purge man dpkg: --get-selections [package-name-pattern...] Get list of package selections, and write it to stdout. Without a pattern, packages marked with state purge will not be shown. So, in b) as you did not provide a pattern (*) you don't get the "purged" ones :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2011.03.09.19.10...@gmail.com
