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Rick Thomas
May 17, 2013, 9:30:01 PM5/17/13
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Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}-
state-bundle ?
Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration
following a re-install from scratch?
Thanks!
Rick
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sp113438
May 17, 2013, 10:50:02 PM5/17/13
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On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:21 -0700
Rick Thomas <rbth...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}-
> state-bundle ?
>
> Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration
> following a re-install from scratch?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rick
>
>
#!/bin/bash
Rick Thomas <rbth...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}-
> state-bundle ?
>
> Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration
> following a re-install from scratch?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Rick
>
>
datetag=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_-_%H:%M:%S)
dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
On second machine:
## dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
## apt-get dselect-upgrade
should do the cloning job.
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Rick Thomas
May 18, 2013, 3:20:02 AM5/18/13
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On May 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM, sp113438 wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:21 -0700
> Rick Thomas <rbth...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}-
>> state-bundle ?
>>
>> Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration
>> following a re-install from scratch?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>
> #!/bin/bash
> datetag=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_-_%H:%M:%S)
>
> dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
>
> On second machine:
> ## dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
> ## apt-get dselect-upgrade
>
> should do the cloning job.
know and have often wondered about.
Nevertheless, it still doesn't answer the first question: What useful
thing is done by aptitude-create-state-bundle ?
Enjoy!
Rick
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Andrei POPESCU
May 18, 2013, 4:00:02 AM5/18/13
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On Sb, 18 mai 13, 00:13:42, Rick Thomas wrote:
> On May 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM, sp113438 wrote:
> >
> >#!/bin/bash
> >datetag=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_-_%H:%M:%S)
> >
> >dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
> >
> >On second machine:
> >## dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
> >## apt-get dselect-upgrade
> >
> >should do the cloning job.
Not quite. First, this sequence of commands only transfers the
> On May 17, 2013, at 7:30 PM, sp113438 wrote:
> >
> >#!/bin/bash
> >datetag=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_-_%H:%M:%S)
> >
> >dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
> >
> >On second machine:
> >## dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
> >## apt-get dselect-upgrade
> >
> >should do the cloning job.
'installed/uninstalled' state of a package, so it looses information.
This information may or may not be important to you, but it still isn't
"cloning".
Second, there has been a change in dpkg behaviour as of wheezy and AFAIR
additional steps are needed, you might want to look it up.
> That's interesting, and even useful. Thanks! It's something I
> didn't know and have often wondered about.
>
> Nevertheless, it still doesn't answer the first question: What
> useful thing is done by aptitude-create-state-bundle ?
asking for more information on difficult bugs, but as far as I can tell
from the man pages they should do what you think they do, including
information about manually/automatically installed and such.
You might be interested in apt-clone as well.
Kind regards,
Andrei
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Erwan David
May 18, 2013, 5:00:02 AM5/18/13
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Le 18/05/2013 04:30, sp113438 a écrit :
> On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:21 -0700
> Rick Thomas <rbth...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}-
>> state-bundle ?
>>
>> Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration
>> following a re-install from scratch?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
> #!/bin/bash
> datetag=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_-_%H:%M:%S)
>
> dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
>
> On second machine:
> ## dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
> ## apt-get dselect-upgrade
>
> should do the cloning job.
It does not. You loose the information that some packages where
> On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:24:21 -0700
> Rick Thomas <rbth...@pobox.com> wrote:
>
>> Can anybody tell me when I might want to use aptitude-{create,run}-
>> state-bundle ?
>>
>> Is it, for example, useful for cloning a machine configuration
>> following a re-install from scratch?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
> #!/bin/bash
> datetag=$(date +%Y-%m-%d_-_%H:%M:%S)
>
> dpkg --get-selections > /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
>
> On second machine:
> ## dpkg --set-selections < /root/dpkglist-$datetag.txt
> ## apt-get dselect-upgrade
>
> should do the cloning job.
installed only as dependencies.
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