[SLL] how to maintain same pkgs/versions on two machines with APT?

[Will Mengarini]

* Phil Mocek <pmocek-sll at mocek.org> [2008-02-27 09:41]:
> I know how to get a list of packages with dpkg (use --get-selections
> switch) but I haven't found a way to also show versions.

`dpkg -l >$file` should do it, but note that `dpkg -l` is different;
that is, the presence of output redirection alters the output format,
because if output is to a terminal, dpkg squeezes its output
according to the terminal's line width.

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