Am Mittwoch, 9. März 2011 schrieb Camaleón: > On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:59:30 +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > I wondered what is the difference between > > > > a) dpkg --get-selections "*" > mylist.txt and > > b) dpkg --get-selections > mylist.txt > > > > I get different results, but the asterix is a joker, and the results > > should be the same. The manual did not mention the asterix, and I > > suppose (as many sites told using the asterix), option a) is orphaned. > > > > Am I correct? > > sm01@stt008:~$ dpkg --get-selections "*" > mylist.txt > sm01@stt008:~$ dpkg --get-selections > mylist2.txt > sm01@stt008:~$ diff mylist.txt mylist2.txt > 791d790 > < popularity-contest purge > > man dpkg: > > --get-selections [package-name-pattern...] > Get list of package selections, and write it to stdout. Without a > pattern, packages marked with state purge will not be shown. > > So, in b) as you did not provide a pattern (*) you don't get the "purged" > ones :-? > > Greetings,
Hmm, not quite. There are also packages in a), which are marked as installed, but which are NOT installed and NOT purged. So I guess, the asterix must have a special meaning. Hans -- 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/201103092017.32900.hans.ullr...@loop.de