Re: Replicating setup

2000-03-15 Thread Chris Osicki
Hi, dpkg --get-selections > file and dpkg --set-selections < file will only _install_ packages installed on "source" machine, it will not purge any packages on the "target" machine which are not installed on the "source". Thus the packages on "target" might be a superset of those on "source".

Re: Replicating setup

2000-03-15 Thread Shaul Karl
> How can one make dselect replicate the setup of one system(same > packages) > to another system ? > dpkg --get-selections > pacakges_on_installed_machine copy pacakges_on_installed_machine to desired_packages_on_uninstalled_machine cat desired_packages_on_uninstalled_machine | dpkg --set-sel

Re: Replicating setup

2000-03-15 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 11:59:54AM +0530, Preetam Patil wrote: > How can one make dselect replicate the setup of one system(same > packages) > to another system ? on the source machine: dpkg --get-selections > selections on the destination machine: dpkg --set-selections < selections then run t

Replicating setup

2000-03-15 Thread Preetam Patil
How can one make dselect replicate the setup of one system(same packages) to another system ? TIA, -Preetam Patil --- Preetam PatilE-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] School of Tech. & Comp. Science Phone: