Re: backing-up dselect state files

1997-11-14 Thread Olivier THARAN
On Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 09:55:07AM -0200, Otavio Exel wrote: > I see all dselect stuff live in /var/lib/dpkg; I'd say /var is not a > safe place to keep such important stuff; any opinions? Well then, where would you want it to be? The latest version of FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard) tells us

backing-up dselect state files

1997-11-14 Thread Otavio Exel
hi everybody, I see all dselect stuff live in /var/lib/dpkg; I'd say /var is not a safe place to keep such important stuff; any opinions? now some questions: - what files should I backup from /var/lib/dpkg to be able to resume using dselect in case of crash in /var? - is there a program that