On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 10:23:15AM -0400, songbird wrote: > >songbird wrote: > > >> the other night i accidentally deleted the debs i > >> normally keep in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory > >> and while i do keep a backup of them in another > >> directory it is along with all the previous versions
[...] > it's a rather huge archive (i think about 18000 > debs), but yes that would be another way of doing > it. i think the flaw is that you would lose the > local, obsolete or debs from unofficial sources > that you no longer keep in the sources.list (but > i would have to verify this). Are you aware of snapshot.debian.org? Save yourself time and anxiety. :) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140720123637.GK12789@tal
