Re: backup vs package manager

[Ax <ax@capitol.cz>]

Dne út 4. prosinec 2001 13:48 Juha Mäkinen napsal(a):
> I have tried fo find something - anything on this, but
> nobody seems to bother with the question. So:
>
> - doing backup, and restoring, is simple
>
> - but, how do I keep package manager on track?
>
> Especially given a partial backup, involving, f.ex. X.
> If I upgrade X with apt-get or dselect, but things go
> wrong and I restore my backup -  how do I put package
> mabager back on track ...?
>
> Or, do I backup just /home and leave all other stuff
> in the Hand Of God and Package Manager ...?

And before backup do something like 
dpkg --get-selections >/home/backup/packagelist
(and maybe backup /etc too...?)

Ax
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