On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Walter Tautz wrote:
> I am currently trying to sync up two machines, say A and B, > via the dpkg --get-selections (on A) > dpkg --set-selections (on B) method and running apt-get dselect-upgrade on B, > alas when I look at the output of dpkg --get-selections on B it does not say > to some of the packages in particular > > lprng install > is in the output of dpkg --get-selections on A but it still says > lpr install > on host B after running dpkg --set-selections on B > > Would it be better to sync > up the file /var/lib/dpkg/status ? I.e. can I use rsync or something? > > Walter > I have solved the problem. See my post Solution: re ... in a nutshell you must run dpkg --get-selections \* on host A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]