Brian Foster wrote:
> I want to compare the packages installed on A with those
> installed on B:
> + what does A have that B doesn't?
> + what does B have that A doesn't?
> + what do both have, but _different_ versions?
dpkg -l > list.$machine on both, diff?
> maybe related, I would also like to verify, or at least
> make a sensible guess (keeping in mind I'm not root),
> whether or not a package is installed correctly.
> (ATM, it's permissions that I think are fscked up.)
That is probably a bit more tricky. The first column of output from dpkg
will tell you whether dpkg considers the package to be
installed/uninstalled/many other states. You could always attempt
running find / on both machines and comparing the perms. Seems like a
lot of pain though.
Steve
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