Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-21 Thread Jeff
Osamu Aoki, 2001-Nov-20 20:50 -0800: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 07:59:54PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > basically. You should only set selections on a fresh install. > > Otherwise you have packages from set A the other machine is set B and > > thus machine A gets the union of the set (i.e.

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 07:59:54PM -0800, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > If I use 'dpkg --get-selections >> packages' > > and then 'dpkg --set-selections packages' on another system, > > and finally run dselect, my selects will be set to those listed > > in 'packages'? > > basically. You shou

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 21-Nov-2001 Jeff wrote: > Brian Nelson, 2001-Nov-20 10:32 -0800: >> Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture >> > of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that >> > package list so all I'd have to do is quickly veri

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Jeff
Brian Nelson, 2001-Nov-20 10:32 -0800: > Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture > > of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that > > package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list > > loaded properly and

RE: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Kelley, Tim \(CBS-New Orleans\)
dumb shell tricks: Well, I frequently use lists of packages (just the names separated by spaces, no line breaks) and do: apt-get install `cat packagelist.txt` > -Original Message- > From: Jeff [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 12:06 PM > To: debian user list

Re: starting dselect with predefined package list

2001-11-20 Thread Brian Nelson
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there some way to do this? It would be cool to take a capture > of 'dpkg -l' and start dselect with an option to load that > package list so all I'd have to do is quickly verify the list > loaded properly and then let it start installing. That way, I > could