aptitude-create-state-bundle

APTITUDE-CREATE-ST(1)       Command-line reference       APTITUDE-CREATE-ST(1)

NAME
       aptitude-create-state-bundle - bundle the current aptitude state

SYNOPSIS
       aptitude-create-state-bundle [<options>...] <output-file>

DESCRIPTION
           Note
           This command is mostly for internal use and bug reporting in
           exceptional cases, it is not intended for end-users under normal
           circumstances.

       aptitude-create-state-bundle produces a compressed archive storing the
       files that are required to replicate the current package archive state.
       The following files and directories are included in the bundle:

       o   $HOME/.aptitude

       o   /var/lib/aptitude

       o   /var/lib/apt

       o   /var/cache/apt/*.bin

       o   /etc/apt

       o   /var/lib/dpkg/status

       The output of this program can be used as an argument to aptitude-run-
       state-bundle(1).

OPTIONS
       --force-bzip2
           Override the autodetection of which compression algorithm to use.
           By default, aptitude-create-state-bundle uses bzip2(1) if it is
           available, and gzip(1) otherwise. Passing this option forces the
           use of bzip2 even if it doesn't appear to be available.

       --force-gzip
           Override the autodetection of which compression algorithm to use.
           By default, aptitude-create-state-bundle uses bzip2(1) if it is
           available, and gzip(1) otherwise. Passing this option forces the
           use of gzip even if bzip2 is available.

       --help
           Print a brief usage message, then exit.

       --print-inputs
           Instead of creating a bundle, display a list of the files and
           directories that the program would include if it generated a
           bundle.

FILE FORMAT
       The bundle file is simply a tar(1) file compressed with bzip2(1) or
       gzip(1), with each of the input directory trees rooted at ".".

SEE ALSO
       aptitude-run-state-bundle(1), aptitude(8), apt(8)

AUTHORS
       Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
           Main author of the document.

       Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <mafm@debian.org>
           Main maintainer after Daniel Burrows, documentation about new
           features, corrections and formatting.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007 Daniel Burrows.

       This manual page is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
       modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
       published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
       License, or (at your option) any later version.

       This manual page is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
       General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.

aptitude-create-state-bundle 0    02/27/2020             APTITUDE-CREATE-ST(1)