On 01/27/2013 07:42 PM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Sonntag, 27. Januar 2013 schrieb Linux-Fan: >> Dear Debian users, >> >> I have configured my system to my specific needs by installing packages, >> changing their configuration, adding a useful HTML-Documentation >> collection and installing some programs from source. The resulting >> system is used on four different machines with two different >> architectures: amd64 and i386. I have been using "Remastersys" >> (http://www.remastersys.com/) to build a live-DVD from my system that >> can be installed on other computers and is really nice for >> administration purposes: Carry a fully-featured working-environment on >> a single-layered DVD. > […] >> >> Recently, when I read about Debian packaging and preseeding on this >> list, I got another idea: I could package all my customization into >> some Debian packages and some virtual packages which would then install >> all software I use as dependencies. This would also make the updating >> of my i386 machines much easier: If I only changed configuration or >> such they could just update via aptitude update && aptitude full-upgrade >> or similar and if I updated some of my self-compiled software, I could >> (a) use the source-package or (b) download an i386 version that was >> cross-compiled on my amd64 machine. I would be able to have the most >> recent configuration and package selection on all three systems while >> only maintaining a common and customized repository. In order to back >> up my system I would only need to backup the repository. Live-DVDs >> could still be created with remastersys but I would no longer depend on >> them and I could safely do re-installations even changing >> Debian-releases with minor problems only. I could further divide my >> custom packages to be able to create a CD version of my system with >> limited features or such. Adding some of the customization to my >> friends' systems would also be much easier. >> >> Is it a good idea to use the Debian package system for these needs? Or >> is there something I have overlooked? Are there other systems/programs >> that probably already automate much of what I am aiming for? (Because I >> believe creating packages of all my customization will be quite some >> work and I should therefore think and ask first.) > > I also suggest browsing / scanning Debian Reference[1] and other Debian > books for hints. Especially the package management section. > > For gem such as: > > - dpkg --get-selections / --set-selections
I saw this several times when I searched the web for ways of replicating system-setups to other systems but it seems that there is more behind it to copy configuration, self-compiled applications and such. > - ways to store answers to debconf, there are some, you can basically make a > backup of all debconf settings and restore them AFAIK. I will have to deal with that I think: Thanks for the hint! > debian-handbook.info has also some more stuff like Simple-CDD and preseeding. > > [1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/index.en.html Thanks for the link as well. Linux-Fan -- 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/51057686.4090...@web.de
