On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:44:19PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > Even if the file is updated only by the postinst, it is useful to know > that you can recover a broken system from scratch by having: > > * A backup copy of /etc, /var, /home, /usr/local, etc. (but not /usr). > * The list of installed packages. ... which can, anyway, got back from files in /var Mike