Re: Backup debconf state

[Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org>]

Le 19/01/2021 à 16:23, Andy Smith a écrit :
> Hi Erwan,
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 04:09:47PM +0100, Erwan David wrote:
> > It would be handy to have the state of debconf (with all the
> > answers I already gave).
>
> I do:
>
> dpkg --get-selections \* > /var/lib/dpkg_selections
> debconf-get-selections > /var/lib/debconf_selections
>
> (and then back up those files)
>
> You can restore them with the corresponding --set-selections.
>
> > Is a backup of /var/cache debconf sufficient for this ?
>
> I think that stuff lives in /var/lib, but it's better to export it
> in a format where it can be re-imported.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy


Thanks for the debconf-get-selections.
the dpkg --get-selections is an old command, but I prefer the apt-show 
manual wich gives only the manually installed packages, installing them 
will install the dependencies, no problem, but they will be marked as such.