Re: tar ate my symlinks
On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:30:45PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> When figuring out which files to back up, I'd say you should avoid
> backing up things that can just be reinstalled. Like, for example, take
> the output of dpkg --get-selections, and you won't need to back up all
> of /usr; you can restore by simply using dpkg --set-selections.
Surely this doesn't cover the case of non-debian packages installed in
/usr/local? - ie. Don't forget to back up /usr/local!
Pigeon
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