Re: [Maybe Off-topic] Production Installations
Michael Shields (shields@crosslink.net)
28 Oct 1998 08:34:12 +0000
In article <19981022234145.E16748@pinguin.conetix.de>,
jens@pinguin.conetix.de wrote:
> This does exist, at least in the SuSE distribution (http://www.suse.de)
> which is being marketed and known as a 'new-user distribution'. You can
> select packages and save your package selection in a file which can be saved
> on floppy (or elsewhere) and reloaded at will. They provide you with about
> 20 pre-compiled selections for specific needs (desktop system, internet
> server, graphics workstation, games, development system, etc.).
>
> I'd LOVE to see something like this in Debian 2.1 ... something like "dpkg
> --listpackages > packages.list" and "dpkg --installpackages < packages.list"
> or whatever. But thats for the debian mailing list :)
dpkg already does everything you want; see --get-selections and
--set-selections. You are just asking for an interface tweak on the
installer. Feel free to implement it.
--
Shields, CrossLink.
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