Re: Use of dpkg --set-selections is brain-dead?

["Michael S. Peek" <peek@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kevin Buhr wrote:

> "Michael S. Peek" <peek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>  
>
> > I've traced my problem down to the use of 'dpkg --set-selections'
> > command.  As an example, I have a package named tiem-nis-client-cfg
> > that sets up NIS for generic workstations.  If I understand correctly,
> > I should be able to do the following:
> >
> >   echo "tiem-nis-client-cfg      install" | dpkg --set-selections
> >
> > And then, when I type 'dpkg --get-selections', I should see
> > "tiem-nis-client-cfg   install" one some line in the output.
> >    
>
> No, "dpkg --get-selections" without further arguments only lists
> packages that are either installed or deinstalled (but still have
> their config files on the system), not purged packages or those that
> have never been on your system, even if those packages have been
> selected for installation.  If you run:
>
>        dpkg --get-selections tiem-nis-client-cfg
>
> that should show that your new package has been selected for
> installation.
>
>  
Now I'm getting somewhere:

:~# echo "tiem-nis-client-cfg install" | dpkg --set-selections ; echo $?
; dpkg --get-selections tiem-nis-client-cfg | grep 'tiem-nis-client-cfg'
; echo $?

0
tiem-nis-client-cfg                             install

0

This does indeed work -- my tiem-nis-client-cfg package is now shown as
being slated for installation.

Which begs the question: Why doesn't 'apt-get dselect-upgrade' install
the package?

I have also tried 'dselect install', but with no success.  They both
give the same result:

~# dselect update
Hit http://tortoise sarge/main Packages
Ign http://tortoise sarge/main
Release
Hit http://tortoise sarge/non-free
Packages
Ign http://tortoise sarge/non-free
Release
Hit http://tortoise sarge/contrib
Packages
Ign http://tortoise sarge/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main
Release
Hit http://mirror.home-dn.net sarge/main
Sources
Hit http://mirror.home-dn.net sarge/main
Release
Hit http://download.videolan.org sarge/main
Sources
Ign http://download.videolan.org sarge/main Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
Hit http://download.videolan.org sid/main Sources
Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib Release
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists... Done
Merging Available information
Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available.
Information about 15850 package(s) was updated.

~# dselect install
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Do you want to erase any previously downloaded .deb files? [Y/n]
Press enter to continue.

~# apt-get update
Hit http://tortoise sarge/main Packages
Ign http://tortoise sarge/main
Release
Hit http://tortoise sarge/non-free
Packages
Ign http://tortoise sarge/non-free
Release
Hit http://tortoise sarge/contrib
Packages
Ign http://tortoise sarge/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/main
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/non-free
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sarge/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main
Release
Hit http://download.videolan.org sarge/main
Sources
Ign http://download.videolan.org sarge/main
Release
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main
Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main
Release
Hit http://download.videolan.org sid/main
Sources
Ign http://download.videolan.org sid/main
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/non-free
Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib
Sources
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/contrib
Release
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib
Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/contrib
Release
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free
Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/non-free
Release
Hit http://mirror.home-dn.net sarge/main
Sources
Hit http://mirror.home-dn.net sarge/main Release
Reading Package Lists... Done

~# apt-get dselect-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.


Thanks for your help,

Michael Peek


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