26 May
2002
26 May
'02
3:47 a.m.
Ricardo Campos corez23@linuxmail.org wrote:
I actually totally reinstalled stable, and tried again. This time I just updated bits and bobs, I kept the output of my old dpkg -l on a floppy, and compared to the new (also broken) system.
dpkg --get-selections and --set-selections would help you do this too, I think. It's normal to back up the list of installed packages... see http://www.uk.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/ch-package.en.html#s-re...
I assume you were reading http://www.uk.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/ch-woody.en.html