> There should be backup files of dpkg's "status" file in /var/backups. Yes, I found some of dpkg.status.x files. But I don't know when these files are written. Is a backup made always when I install new packages? There must be a config file for that. I haven't found one in /etc. Is there a document describing these things. In the regular manual I couldn't find it. Thanks for some hints. Florian.