#include <hallo.h> * Daniel Stone [Tue, Jun 24 2003, 07:51:13PM]: > * Package name : debbackup > Version : 0.1 > Upstream Author : Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/~dstone/debbackup/ > (not functional yet) > * License : GPL > Description : Backup and restore Debian specifics (package status, > conffiles)
Just some random thoughts: I think it would make sence to look for new cruft in / (files), /boot, /var, /usr. Some packages create file copies or links there naturally without telling dpkg about the changes. In addition, some files stored in /var may be installed by the package but have different contents (debsums may help to detect them). Further, what is you plan for replaying the packages on restore? Using dpkg or extracting package contents and copying the rest from the backup volume? I would prefer the second way; and if some packages is not available in exactly the same version, it would be marked as "not-installed, to install" in dpkg's database. Whatever you are doing there, the idea is great. I have had plans to write a such backup helper but never started to implement it. MfG, Eduard. -- <Alfie> Von sid wirds nie ein netinst geben. <hygl> Alfie: darf ich dich damit zitieren, wenn sid stable ist?
