Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-04 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, > Would dpkg --get-selections >> foo > dpkg --set-selections << foo > > not do this? Single '>' and '<', please. Sorry to nitpick, but a beginning user would probably be quite confused by the prompt for the here-document. Jiri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-04 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello, Did you *intend* to upgrade to slink? I have the feeling that you might be upgrading to it inadvertently, which would explain most of your problems... If so, you'll have to consider what you want to do now. In general, unless you have a particular reason to go for unstable or frozen, it's

Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Dec 01, 1998 at 09:26:45PM -0400, wb2oyc wrote: > > > >Wouldn't it be nice if a configuration of all installed packages could be > >saved in some data file that you could put on a disk and whenever you want > >to install a new machine or go back to this good configuration you just > >load t

Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-02 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
> > I'll take the suggestion first :) > > Wouldn't it be nice if a configuration of all installed packages could be > saved in some data file that you could put on a disk and whenever you want > to install a new machine or go back to this good configuration you just > load the data-file into dsel

Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-02 Thread M.C. Vernon
On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 12:49:12AM +0100, Ben Jorgensen wrote: > > I'll take the suggestion first :) > > > > Wouldn't it be nice if a configuration of all installed packages could be > > saved in some data file that you could put on a disk and whenever you

Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Dec 02, 1998 at 12:49:12AM +0100, Ben Jorgensen wrote: > I'll take the suggestion first :) > > Wouldn't it be nice if a configuration of all installed packages could be > saved in some data file that you could put on a disk and whenever you want > to install a new machine or go back to thi

Re: problems+suggestions

1998-12-02 Thread wb2oyc
> >Wouldn't it be nice if a configuration of all installed packages could be >saved in some data file that you could put on a disk and whenever you want >to install a new machine or go back to this good configuration you just >load the data-file into dselect or whatever program that gets/installs >