> On Sep 24, 2016, at 7:44 AM, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > For my own education, I'm not sure what you mean by "backup your current state > before upgrading"--does that mean a full backup of your system, or is there a > way to somehow save the current "state" of the package list on your system so > that you can easily request those packages be restored if something goes > wrong?
I think that saving the contents of /var/cache/apt/archive(s?) will save copies of all the .debs installed on your machine. OTOH, it also gets .debs that *used* to be on your machine. If you're running sid, bring a big thumbdrive... -- Glenn English
