Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages
On Saturday, September 24, 2016 09:26:36 AM Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> Good morning! Just a heads up that upgrading the following two
> packages attempts to remove 141 unrelated packages in Sid/Unstable
> this morning:
...
> Just sharing because I was in a hurry and almost let it happen. I
> don't want anyone else to accidentally do the same. For newcomers,
> *always* protect yourself by making sure you backup your current state
> before upgrading, specifically for days like today.
For my own education, I'm not sure what you mean by "backup your current state
before upgrading"--does that mean a full backup of your system, or is there a
way to somehow save the current "state" of the package list on your system so
that you can easily request those packages be restored if something goes
wrong?
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