dpkg config files in /etc ?
Hi,
the configuration files of all debian packages are located in /etc.
That's really fine.
But the package manager stores its configuration (access method,
list of selected packages, ...) somewhere in /var/lib/dpkg. Why?
If these items would be stored in /etc, one could rebuild the
system from scratch solely from a backup copy of /etc and a
debian mirror.
BTW: /etc/debian_version is not a configurable item (it would be
fine to upgrade the system by editing /etc/debian_version :-)
Cheers, Thomas
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