Re: backup apt tree?

To: T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: backup apt tree?
From: Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:39:57 +0100
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On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:18 AM, T o n g <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:52:33 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> so anything catastrophic as to trash var/ will best be solved by a
>> complete reinstall.
>
> 2nd to that. package downgrading would never be "quickly and painlessly".
> Do a complete system restore, that'd be more quickly and painlessly than
> downgrading.
>
I am sorry but I don't quite follow. What could go wrong when trying
to downgrade a couple of packages (one of which misbehaves following
an upgrade)?
Liviu

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