on Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 12:06:29AM +1300, Richard Hector (rhector@actrix.gen.nz) wrote: > "Karsten M. Self" wrote: > > > > on Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 07:16:09PM +1300, Richard Hector (rhector@actrix.gen.nz) wrote: > > > After apt-get dis-upgrading one box, am I ok to just tar up > > > /var/cache/apt/archives and dump it on the other? > > > > Yes. > > > > Run an 'update' after anyway, you should find there's little changed. > > Thanks. > > I did that (before I got your reply), but I'm guessing I did something > (else) wrong, because my system ended up horribly broken. Or at least X > was. So I backed up /home/richard to another machine and installed woody > from scratch, from the boot floppies. There's been some X breakage recently, it seems XF86v4 is better supported than v3 in testing/unstable these days. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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