Stephen Gran on Fri, 29 Nov 2002 03:10:05 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] debian dpkg questions: copying and holding 

On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:38:30AM -0500, sean finney said:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2002 at 11:20:57AM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
> > I don't follow .. if I do this, then what do I do to install it all, if this
> > doesn't install the selections? Do I do a apt-get -f install? 
> 
> apt-get dselect-upgrade is what does that iirc.  dpkg --[sg]et-selections
> is used to modify what's sort of the requested status for a package,
> and apt-get dselect-upgrade uses those settings as a reference for
> deciding what to install and remove.

The only other to note here is the difference between 
`dpkg --get selections > file` and `dpkg --get selections * > file` -
the second version wil also record information about programs _not_
installed.  Make it easy.

And yes to Sean - apt-get dselect-upgrade is the one.

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