on Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 02:48:05PM +0200, Juha Mäkinen (juham@koti.tpo.fi) wrote: > 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? Your question isn't clear. > 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 ...? For the most part, yes. It helps to have your package lists backed up. They're in /var/lib/dpkg/status. For general backup suggestions: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/backups.html 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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