Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:06:02 -0500 <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > On 2010-03-19 21:26, Mike Viau wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:13:49 -0500 <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote: > [snip] > >> > >> I see no purpose, when you can do this at any time: > >> COLUMNS=180 dpkg -l | grep ^i | \ > >> cut -c4-44 > installed.packages.`date +"%Y%M%d-%H%m"` > >> > >> Since that's obviously a pain to write, put it in an alias. > >> > >> > >> -- > > > > Ron, > > > > How would you revert your system to using only the packages mentioned in > > your snapshot? > > I'd take a current snapshot list and diff it with the previous list > to know what to get rid of. Then > apt-get install $(cat packages.to.delete.txt) > > I'm sure that can be automated with a shell script. > > aptitude might have a log file somewhere which list what you just > installed.
Aptitude does log the packages that it installs at /var/log/aptitude. Text manipulation appears like it will have be more complex here as compared to messing with dpkg outputs. Additionally installation performed by apt-get do not appear in the aptitude log file. > > > Your output looks identical to "dpkg--get-selections" without the word > > install on each line. > > > > Yup. > > -- > Obsession with "preserving cultural heritage" is a racist impediment > to moral, physical and intellectual progress. > > > -- > 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/4ba43b9a.3060...@cox.net > _________________________________________________________________ Check your Hotmail from your phone. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712957
