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Comment 7 for bug 513460

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Michael Vogt (mvo) wrote : Re: "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.

Thanks for your bugreport.

I just tried that and it appears to work for me.

Maybe its unclear what the feature is supposed to do? Here is a quick overview:
- 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.
- if you save "full state" it will also save for installed packages (useful to duplicate a machine package setup)

- 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.