On 2 October 2007, Gary Baribault <gary at baribault.net> wrote: > OK then, can I beat up on them? I agree, this is a lousy way of doing > the updates, I cannot suggest this device to anyone if every time there > is an update, all applications have to be re-installed!! Why can't the > update take a proper#full backup to a flash card, dump a list of > applications, and after the flash, re-install the latest updated > applications? I'm not sure how many of you know this trick given it is a debian system you can save /etc/apt/sources.list and the output of 'dpkg --get-selections' to a MMC card, do the upgrade and then only install manually xterm or a ssh server. Once logged back in as root you restore the sources.list, then do a 'apt-get update' to load back the repositories, then do 'dpkg --set-selections < file' to restore your application list and in the end 'apt-get upgrade' to install them. -- Regards, Emil -- Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.
