Jörg-Volker Peetz 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 >> too, so it isn't as easy as just copying them. >> >> instead i have to figure out which is the installed >> version (because that is the one i am most interested >> in having in there in case i do have to do a reinstall). >> ><snip> > > Why not copy all files back and order something like "apt-get autoclean" to > get > rid of the older packages?
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). the script looks to have gotten the job mostly done. i've added a bit to copy my local, obsolete and unofficial debs back from another archive and i think what remains are those debs that i somehow missed archiving. sometimes i have to get files via the library and USB stick. songbird -- 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/jjbq9b-ng1....@id-306963.user.uni-berlin.de