On 2014-12-10 22:27, Achim Gratz wrote: > Peter Rosin writes: >> I would like to still be able to pick a single new package and leave >> the rest as is, and I would like to NOT be required to download the >> latest setup and run it using some newfangled command line option for >> this. It is very nice to be able run the lastest setup with a few >> clicks on the web-site. > > tar -C / -xvf /path/to/package | gzip -9c > /etc/setup/package.lst.gz > egrep "^package " /etc/setup/installed.db || echo "package > package-0-0.tar.bz2 0" >> /etc/setup/installed.db
Yes, nothing can go wrong if I do that. And I will never forget to rebase. And I will never forget to trigger info-generation. It's just perfect. In fact, I will not get any nasty surprises ever if I do it like that and I can just get rid of setup entirely. Whatever do I need it for anyway? Cheers, Peter
