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Re: Tracking changes made by installation of software



MallarJ writes:
> dpkg works fine, except in two cases.

> 1) if you don't use dpkg (some things still come in gzipped packages)

Use alien (or debhelper, if you prefer "real" packages).

> 2) If installation scripts run after dpkg completes do more changes.

File bug reports.  No package should ever overwrite your changes without
permission.

Now, if you want to track changes made outside the packaging system, it's
a different matter.
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