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knx-hdinstall / improvements: msg#00080

Subject: knx-hdinstall / improvements
Hi Klaus,

On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 23:34:59 +0100, Klaus Knopper wrote:

> Actually, I don't think it is impssible. You can turn any package
> installed on Knoppix back into its .deb form using dpkg-repack,
> generate the dependency list and install only a selection of the packages.

This is the hard part.

> would work, though. Probably you have to use a huge temporary space to
> intermediately store all .deb packages.

This is also the hard part ;)

> Or, write a script that copies only the files in the selected packages
> using dpkg -L.

Easier, but it would cause inconsistencies with the package database.

bye,
  Chris
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