Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Osamu Aoki
Willi Dyck had interesting trick. I knew --get-selections but did not use it with apt-get. I would do slightly different but this concept is interesting. # dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -s -f1 installed.deb # cat installed.db | xargs -n 10 apt-get install -d Oh your Willi's

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 10:42:53PM -0700, Osamu Aoki ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Willi Dyck had interesting trick. I knew --get-selections but did not use it with apt-get. I would do slightly different but this concept is interesting. # dpkg --get-selections | grep -v deinstall | cut -s -f1

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Rob Mahurin
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely wrote: What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to recover a system to it's previous state? My nightly backup includes /home /root /etc

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-21 Thread Jens Gecius
Rob Mahurin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely wrote: What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to recover a system to it's previous state? My

Backups and the distribution

2001-04-20 Thread Alex Swavely
What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to recover a system to it's previous state?

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-20 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to recover a system to it's previous state? To see what packages

Re: Backups and the distribution

2001-04-20 Thread Willi Dyck
On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 12:59:08PM -0700, Alex Swavely wrote: What file(s) would I need to backup to get a complete snapshot of all installed packages from the distribution I'm using in order to be able to recover a system to it's previous state? What about this: (as root of course) ~# dpkg