On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 12:49:12AM +0100, Ben Jorgensen wrote: > I'll take the suggestion first :) > > Wouldn't it be nice if a configuration of all installed packages could be > saved in some data file that you could put on a disk and whenever you want > to install a new machine or go back to this good configuration you just > load the data-file into dselect or whatever program that gets/installs > packages. Some different default configs could also be shipped with > the dist to be used by new debian people. > > Maybe this is already possible? Tell me please!
You could copy your /var/lib/dpkg/status file and replace lines like: Status: install ok installed with: Status: install ok not-installed Then after installing the base system replace the status file with your copy and startup dselect. WARNING: I have never tried this, it is all theory. Maybe a wishlist bug for dpkg to output a special status file just for this would be nice, and having dselect be able to merge this into a new installs' status file would be even better. -- ----- -- - -------- --------- ---- ------- ----- - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------ -- ----- - - ------- ------- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation