On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 09:14:08PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > Neal Lippman wrote: > >Now, using either of the above package lists, you can do: > > for pkg in $(cat package-listing-from-xxx); > > do > > apt-get install $pkg; > > done > >which will work although not be the most efficient way (because you will > >have to run apt-get for each package, and hence dependences are > >re-resolved over and over, or: > > Better way: > > (after adjusting sources.list) > > apt-get update > dpkg --set-selections <package-listing-from-xxx > apt-get upgrade
I believe that --set-selections only actually has an effect if you do 'apt-get dselect-upgrade' (or 'dselect install', less circuitously). 'apt-get upgrade' uses apt's own upgrading logic rather than what you selected. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
