On Wed 08 Feb 2017 at 16:18:15 (+0100), Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 08.02.2017 um 15:38 schrieb David Wright: > > If you're worried about losing your .deb files, just copy > > them (as a user) or move them (as root) anywhere else, > > depending on how much storage you have. Using any of the -i > > -n -u options will avoid unnecessary overwriting. > > Older deb files can be retrieved via http://snapshot.debian.org/.
True, but my reply was to someone worried about lacking Internet access at home, who said: >>> People in my Shoes >>> don't have the luxury of just hopping into the car any ol' time of day >>> or night and running down to the library or wherever to gain Internet >>> access long enough to replenish whatever was zapped by any not well >>> known default setting. One has to bear in mind that apt asks a lot of questions with (a) a default answer and (b) no clearing of the type-ahead buffer. So there may be people who live one keystroke away from accidentally clearing their cache at times. Cheers, David.