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:
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
Display a list of the input files and directories, then exit. This
list is guaranteed to be up-to-date.
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 lq.rq.
