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.
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Once upon a time Paul E Condon said...
> quote
> _
> Rationale
>
> The existence of a separate directory for cached data allows system
> administrators to set different disk and backup policies from other
> directories in /var.
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 01:01:34PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:28:42PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:43:04AM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > > Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> > > > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian N
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 12:28:42PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:43:04AM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> > > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > > > The debconf database is nothing more than a tempo
On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:43:04AM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > > The debconf database is nothing more than a temporary cache of answers
> > > gotten from the user. Debconf will regener
Cameron Hutchison writes:
> As I see it, if debconf is asking you the questions again, *it* is not
> regenerating the data, but *you* are.
Debconf is not a registry. /etc is the configuration data repository.
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Once upon a time Jason Rennie said...
> On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> > The debconf database is nothing more than a temporary cache of answers
> > gotten from the user. Debconf will regenerate this data by asking any
> > questions it needs to.
>
> If the Debian d
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 08:05:53PM -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 12:51:23PM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> > It is not enough to simply backup /etc, as some packages automatically
> > generate config files from the debconf info (xfree86 being one).
>
> Any package that ove
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 02:09:08AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
> The debconf database is nothing more than a temporary cache of answers
> gotten from the user. Debconf will regenerate this data by asking any
> questions it needs to.
If the Debian designers had this attitude, everything would go in
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 12:51:23PM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> > Cameron Hutchison writes:
> > > Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
> >
> > So you mean restore, not reinstall.
>
> Well, both. I restored my system b
on Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 02:42:32PM -0400, Tong ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:02:36 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 15:09, Tong wrote:
> >> Yes, that is my question -- is there any way to avoid those hard and
> >> tedious questions, since I've answered the
On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:02:36 -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 15:09, Tong wrote:
>> Yes, that is my question -- is there any way to avoid those hard and
>> tedious questions, since I've answered them once, and the system should
>> have kept the answer somewhere, or, Debian just f
On Sat, 2004-08-07 at 15:09, Tong wrote:
> Yes, that is my question -- is there any way to avoid those hard and
> tedious questions, since I've answered them once, and the system should
> have kept the answer somewhere, or, Debian just forgets those answers
> right away? then how do you do reconfig
Cameron Hutchison wrote:
Once upon a time John Hasler said...
Tong writes:
Thanks, John, that's something I am thinking of as the last resort.
Why as a last resort?
Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 12:51:23PM +1000, Cameron Hutchison wrote:
> Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> > Cameron Hutchison writes:
> > > Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
> >
> > So you mean restore, not reinstall.
>
> Well, both. I restored my system b
Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> Cameron Hutchison writes:
> > Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
>
> So you mean restore, not reinstall.
Well, both. I restored my system by reinstalling it.
> Any package that overwrites your changes to config files an
Cameron Hutchison writes:
> Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
So you mean restore, not reinstall.
> It is not enough to simply backup /etc, as some packages automatically
> generate config files from the debconf info (xfree86 being one).
Any package that ov
Once upon a time John Hasler said...
> Tong writes:
> > Thanks, John, that's something I am thinking of as the last resort.
>
> Why as a last resort?
Hard disk crash. I've gone through the same pain as the original poster.
It is not enough to simply backup /etc, as some packages automatically
ge
Tong writes:
> Thanks, John, that's something I am thinking of as the last resort.
Why as a last resort?
> I don't have man for debconf in section 7. Which package contains it?
debconf-doc.
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:06:17 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Setting the debconf priority to "critical" will eliminate most, if not all,
> questions. Answer the remaining ones with anything. Restore /etc after
> doing "dpkg --set-selections < package-list", overwriting the default
> configuration.
Alec Berryman writes:
> Pipe the output of `dpkg --get-selections` to a file, copy that over to
> the new computer, and pipe it into `dpkg --set-selections`. Then run
> apt-get -f install; it'll attempt to install all packages on the first
> computer. You'll still have to answer configuration que
On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:31:41 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
> begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:51:16 -0400:
>
>> On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
>>
>> > begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400:
>> >
>> >> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps al
begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:51:16 -0400:
> On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
>
> > begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400:
> >
> >> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in
> >> a DB. Is there a way to backup this c
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.
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:15:17 -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
> begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400:
>
>> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in
>> a DB. Is there a way to backup this configuration data, so that
>> next time when I have to reinstall Deb
begin quotation of Tong on 2004-08-07 14:20:53 -0400:
> I'm new to Debian. Seems that Debian keeps all configuration data in
> a DB. Is there a way to backup this configuration data, so that
> next time when I have to reinstall Debian, using apt-get install
> , I don't have to answer those hard
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