On Thu,26.Mar.09, 19:08:32, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > I wouldn't put my backup info in /etc/apt. Most of what is in /etc/ > (just like the rest of the file system) is managed by packages which are > managed by apt. You may find that what you put in /etc/apt gets changed > (I don't know, but I wouldn't risk it). I doubt that. It would be a *serious* bug to do it! You could test it like this: - install a package with it's own config directory in /etc - create an arbitrary file in that directory - *purge* the package now dpkg will delete all files it knows about, but will *not* delete the directory and will issue a warning that it is not empty and couldn't be deleted. (This is all from memory, there might be minor differences). > I keep my backups in /var/local/backup. Whereas /var is more likely to be affected (though I doubt any package would have a reason to touch /var/local/backup). Back to the OP's question, I keep my 'aptitude !~M~i' list in ~/bak especially since /home is backed up anyway ;) Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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