Hi, Key is "do not upgrade SSH and blow-up upgrade."
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:43:12AM +1000, John F wrote: > We have a situaution where we want to ensure that a server has a certain > list of packages installed. It can have extra packages, but it _must_ > have the list we specify on it. > > Can I use dpkg -get-selections > a.file and then edit it to only include Yes. But this has to be dpkg --get-selections > a.file Even better: dpkg --get-selections \* > a.file This lists "purged" packages in list so no excess packages. > the install and deinstall lines for the critical packages on machine > number 1, then on the other machine run dpkg --set-selections < a.file ? > Or does the input to --set-selections have to be a complete list of all > packages that should be on the machine? Yep. Just do not upgrade ssh/telnet which you are connected. This may cause complication. Use of program "screen" and run process on "detached" screen may be a good idea. > I can't try this out in case I blow away the machine we need to > duplicate off - the other machine we have to duplicate to is a long way > away and hasnt been built yet... If so, I recommend you to try it locally first. Confirm it to work by yourself. Good luck. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D . See "Debian reference": http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/ Project at: http://qref.sf.net . I welcome your constructive criticisms and corrections. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
