Package: dpkg
Version: 1.16.10
Followup-For: Bug #703092
Dear Maintainer,
I agree with the bug report and would like to add that a simple rewrite of the
man-file might reduce a lot of frustration.
I was used, in the past, to 'clone' my setups via
ssh goodhost -- dpkg --get-selections | dpkg --set-selections -
or the like. now lately, i have been frustrated with the command as it threw
many many 'missing packages' errors like:
'dpkg: warning: package not in database at line 1874 ...'
Only now i found out that you need `dselect` for this to work. A little
mention of this might be cool in the man-file.
== snip
To make a local copy of the package selection states:
dpkg --get-selections >myselections
You might transfer this file to another computer, and install it there
with:
apt-get install dselect # these two lines are to get your
dselect update # dselect repository up-to-date
dpkg --clear-selections
dpkg --set-selections <myselections
Note that this will not actually install or remove anything, but just
set the selection state on the requested packages. You will need some
other application to actually download and install the requested pack‐
ages. For example, run apt-get dselect-upgrade.
Ordinarily, you will find that dselect(1) provides a more convenient
way to modify the package selection states.
^^ this i am not so sure of if it is correct, did not find anythin on
this topic
== snip
lg,k
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-4
ii libc6 2.17-7
ii liblzma5 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
ii libselinux1 2.1.13-2
ii tar 1.26+dfsg-6
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1
dpkg recommends no packages.
Versions of packages dpkg suggests:
ii apt 0.9.8.2
-- no debconf information
-- debsums errors found:
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo (from dpkg
package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo (from dpkg
package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/dpkg.mo (from dpkg
package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man1/dpkg-deb.1.gz (from dpkg package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man1/dpkg-maintscript-helper.1.gz (from
dpkg package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man1/dpkg-query.1.gz (from dpkg package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man1/dpkg-split.1.gz (from dpkg package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man1/dpkg-trigger.1.gz (from dpkg
package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man1/dpkg.1.gz (from dpkg package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man5/dpkg.cfg.5.gz (from dpkg package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man8/dpkg-divert.8.gz (from dpkg
package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man8/dpkg-statoverride.8.gz (from dpkg
package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man8/start-stop-daemon.8.gz (from dpkg
package)
debsums: missing file /usr/share/man/de/man8/update-alternatives.8.gz (from
dpkg package)
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