On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 09:26:45PM -0400, wb2oyc wrote: > > > >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! > > > SuSE Linux does precisely that using its YaST tool.
Yeah, and its evil: 1) It is limited. 2) It prevents configuration in the standard way (incompatible to manual configuration). Debian is working on a better solution for this. Not ready yet, though. You can export/import a list of selected packages though, as other people already told you. Thanks, Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09