Recovered!! (Re: Anyone Care to Critique my Apt Preferences? (was Re: apt-cacher as package rollback buffer))
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- From: Freeman <evenso@worldwidehtml.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 19:24:34 -0800
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 11:01:44PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
>
> Or, just use "sudo dpkg -i old-package.deb" (maybe in chroot).
>
> Please read "Chapter 2. Debian package management"
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_rescue_with_the_dpkg_command
>
(Belatedly) that is good info about dpkg working well in emergencies because
it is low level and can be used from rescue disk to a target system. I will
probably use that lesson someday. 8O
But I've got the apt-cacher system going now so I know what I have archived,
downloaded once to storage, without bloating my /var partition. Disk space
can come in handy. :)
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Kind Regards,
Freeman
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