On Fri, Jul 09, 2004 at 02:00:41PM -0500, Bob Tanner wrote:
> Any tools out there to create and maintain a central repository/list of 
> packages installed on debian systems?
> 
> As we convert older Redhat boxes to Debian, I'm finding a need to know what 
> packages are installed on what systems. Logging into each box is a pita.
> 
> Having a central repository/list would be great. 
> 
> Something that you could build report with would be even better :-)
Here's a story that I saw via Debian Weekly News about a tool
that a guy at google uses to do something similar.  This probably
isn't exactly what you want, but it might be helpful.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1306281842;fp;16;fpid;0
and the tool itself:
http://marc.merlins.org/linux/talks/getupdates/
and more about it here:
http://www.jimohalloran.com/archives/000394.html

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