On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:27 PM, B. Alexander <stor...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you are asking what I think you are asking, as in which files would you > need to restore your system in the event that you lose your apt and dpkg > databases, then I do the following: > > /var/backups > /var/cache/apt (less /var/cache/apt/archives) > /var/lib/apt > /var/lib/dpkg > > This will give you enough that apt-get update, etc works. > Nice, thanks! I've just configured a weekly backup schedule in BackInTime.
> Now the rules have > probably changed if you use aptitude as I believe it creates/uses a > different database. > Could anyone advise on what additional files should be backed up to suit aptitude? Thank you Liviu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/m2s68b1e2611004201341u5d3dd886ud52cb0c539a93...@mail.gmail.com
