Re: Configuration DB

From: Alan Greenberger (ajgreenberger_at_agere.com)
Date: 08/21/04

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    John Hasler wrote:
    >Tong writes:
    >> The '--get-selections' and '--set-selections' only give your the list
    >> of
    >> packages, they won't save configuration for you.
    >
    >All the configuration data is in files under /etc. Back it up.
    >--
    >John Hasler
    >john@dhh.gt.org
    >Dancing Horse Hill
    >Elmwood, Wisconsin

    The --get-selections comes out with package names but no version
    numbers. I have some newer backports installed, which appear to be
    stored in /var/cache/apt/archives/ . If I were to restore this
    directory and do --set-selections, would it be smart enough to find these
    newer versions or does one have to do that manually afterwards?

    I notice there is a file, /var/backups/dpkg.status.0, which seems to
    have information about installed packages and version numbers.
    Shouldn't this file be usable somehow for restore? 

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