On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 01:07:20PM +0200, JL wrote: > Would it be possible (if a sensible question at all) to include a > feature into apt wich generates an /etc/apt/preferences.db file wich > would include any information required to build the preferences file ? I do not understand your question. What information would be stored in this hypothetical preferences.db file, and what sort of preferences file would it generate? -- - mdz