Comment 8 for bug 513460

Thank you for looking into that.

>
> Maybe its unclear what the feature is supposed to do? Here is a quick
> overview:

It is quite likely that I misunderstood what it was supposed to be
doing.

> - save markings will save the current *changes* of the cache to a file.
> So if you mark 2vcard for install that will be saved and can later be
> reloaded. The format is compatible with dpkg --set-selections and
> dpkg --get-selections.

I thought it would created a list of all installed packages, just like
what I can get with dpkg --get-selections.

> - if you save "full state" it will also save for installed packages
> (useful to duplicate a machine package setup)
>

This is the functionality I was looking for. I still can't find this
option. How do I save "full state"?

> - generate download script will generate a download script for the
> *changes* in the cache only
>
> If its still a bug, please add instructions how to reproduce and I'm
> happy to have a look. Suggestions for better names/help
> are also welcome.
>

Given your explanation, no, I don't think it is a bug. It does what
you say. Perhaps a better name would be "Save current markings" or
something like that.

Thanks again,
                                                          Vassili

> --
> "Save markings," "Save markings as..." and "Generate package download script" create empty files (in the case of "generate scrip" only one line: "#!/bin/sh"). Or, alternatively, do nothing: no new file created with the assigned name.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513460
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in ���synaptic��� package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: synaptic
>
> The files are (at least some times) created under the root account
> (i.e. /root/packages or /root/Desktop/packages) instead of the user
> who ran Synaptic. They are still empty (0-length) files.
>
> These files should contain information about all installed packages
> that can be used to duplicate the system.
>
> Ubuntu 9.10, Synaptic version 0.62.7ubuntu6 (karmic)
>
> Some of that has been reported as bugs in Ububtu 9.04 or earlier
> but not the part about creating the files in the root account, I believe.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Jan 27 14:19:23 2010
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/synaptic
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> Package: synaptic 0.62.7ubuntu6
> ProcEnviron:
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-17.54-generic
> SourcePackage: synaptic
> Uname: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic i686
>
> To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/513460/+subscribe