SYNOPSIS

[-l file ] [-m Brq i | r | d ] [-a arch ] [seeds ]

DESCRIPTION

compares the expansion of a list of seed packages against the set of packages installed on the current system. When constructing seeds for a software distribution, it can be used to iteratively find packages installed on developers' systems that should be included in the seeds.

A list of seeds against which to compare may be supplied as non-option arguments. Seeds from which they inherit will be added automatically. The default is `desktop'

OPTIONS

-l --list file

Read the list of currently installed packages from file The default is to read the output of dpkg --get-selections and any supplied file should be in the same format.

-m --mode Brq i | r | d

Set the output mode as follows:

i

Show the dpkg selections needed to install just these seeds. List unseeded but installed files as ``deinstall'' and seeded but uninstalled files as ``install''

r

List unseeded but installed files as ``install'' and seeded but uninstalled files as ``deinstall''

d

Show the differences between the packages specified by the seeds and the list of installed packages, in a somewhat diff -like format.

-S --seed-source source ,...

Fetch seeds from the specified sources. The default is http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/seeds/

-s --seed-dist dist

Fetch seeds for distribution dist The default is ubuntu.xenial

-d --dist dist ,...

Operate on the specified distributions. The default is xenial Listing multiple distributions may be useful, for example, when examining both a released distribution and its security updates.

-a --arch arch

Operate on architecture arch The default is i386

AUTHORS

An Lamont Jones Aq [email protected] An Colin Watson Aq [email protected]

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