On Thu, 09 Nov 2006, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 04:16:56AM +0200, Ratiu Petru wrote:
> > Is there a way to do this in such a way to preserve aptitude's database, > > too? I'm talking primarily about the auto/noauto status of packages. > > > > I've previously used dpkg --set-selections < sel.txt && apt-get > > dselect-upgrade and it worked like a charm, but I'm now considering to start > > using aptitude for package management, as it's the recommended package > > manager since sarge. > Hi Ratiu, > with the increasing use of aptitude in Debian, it would seem that an > equivilant command that mirrors 'dpkg --get-selections' should be made > for it. I guess maybe its time for a wishlist bug against aptitude. So > basicially, if you can hack the aptitude source code, go to it :-) as > many folks would be intereted in this. Heh, if that would have been the case, I would have submitted a patch, not asked silly questions on mailing lists ;-) I figured that perhaps the functionality exists already (and it's just badly documented), and it's better to ask around before opening useless wishlist bugs, don't you think? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
