Re: dpkg database rebuild
Brian Kimball wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Brian Kimball wrote:
>> > Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote:
>> >> If I copy the whole filesystem to another hard drive and rebuild
>> >> the dpkg database, will it work ? Will dpkg be able to understand
>> >> all the packages installed ?
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>> > Totally unnecessary.
>>
>> It _is_ totally unnecessary if he just has a single file system.
>> What happens if he has separate /, /usr, and /var systems?
>
> Totally irrelevant. We're copying files, not filesystems.
Funny? I definitely see Ritesh saying "whole filesystem".
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derek
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