On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 04:07:59PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > if you are only installing the tasksel selections and not adding > additional software, then there is no reason to do this. I just know > that if I had to reinstall my current machine, I'd want to pull a list > of what was installed as I've got a couple years of built-up stuff on > here and wouldn't want to hassle with trying to remember it all.
I use aptitude which keeps track of packages that I requested for install vs those installed to meet dependancies. In my backups, I keep both the dpkg --get-selections but also aptitude search '~i!~M' which gives me the names of packages that are installed (~i) that are not (!) automatically installed (~M). Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
