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From: Liviu Andronic on 20 Apr 2010 16:50 On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:27 PM, B. Alexander <storm16(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If you are asking what I think you are asking, as in which files would you > need to restore your system in the event that you lose your apt and dpkg > databases, then I do the following: > > /var/backups > /var/cache/apt (less /var/cache/apt/archives) > /var/lib/apt > /var/lib/dpkg > > This will give you enough that apt-get update, etc works. > Nice, thanks! I've just configured a weekly backup schedule in BackInTime. > Now the rules have > probably changed if you use aptitude as I believe it creates/uses a > different database. > Could anyone advise on what additional files should be backed up to suit aptitude? Thank you Liviu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/m2s68b1e2611004201341u5d3dd886ud52cb0c539a93c4d(a)mail.gmail.com
From: B. Alexander on 20 Apr 2010 17:00 No worries. As I said, this will work for apt, but I'm not sure where aptitude keeps its files. A quick consult of the man page and a look at the filesystem shows /var/lib/aptitude, however, I think it also uses Xapian. I use BackupPC, since it does multiple machines. --b On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc(a)gmail.com>wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 9:27 PM, B. Alexander <storm16(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > If you are asking what I think you are asking, as in which files would > you > > need to restore your system in the event that you lose your apt and dpkg > > databases, then I do the following: > > > > /var/backups > > /var/cache/apt (less /var/cache/apt/archives) > > /var/lib/apt > > /var/lib/dpkg > > > > This will give you enough that apt-get update, etc works. > > > Nice, thanks! I've just configured a weekly backup schedule in BackInTime. > > > > Now the rules have > > probably changed if you use aptitude as I believe it creates/uses a > > different database. > > > Could anyone advise on what additional files should be backed up to > suit aptitude? Thank you > Liviu >
From: Ron Johnson on 20 Apr 2010 19:00 On 2010-04-20 15:27, B. Alexander wrote: > If you are asking what I think you are asking, as in which files would you > need to restore your system in the event that you lose your apt and dpkg > databases, then I do the following: > > /var/backups > /var/cache/apt (less /var/cache/apt/archives) > /var/lib/apt > /var/lib/dpkg > > This will give you enough that apt-get update, etc works. Now the rules have > probably changed if you use aptitude as I believe it creates/uses a > different database. > Honestly, though, how often does that happen? Maybe it's because I "just" run a workstation, or maybe because disks are so huge nowadays, or I'm just a fool, but I leave var/ under / so anything catastrophic as to trash var/ will best be solved by a complete reinstall. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BCE3031.50404(a)cox.net
From: T o n g on 20 Apr 2010 19:20 On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:52:33 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > so anything catastrophic as to trash var/ will best be solved by a > complete reinstall. 2nd to that. package downgrading would never be "quickly and painlessly". Do a complete system restore, that'd be more quickly and painlessly than downgrading. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hqlcol$qh7$3(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Liviu Andronic on 21 Apr 2010 03:50
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 12:18 AM, T o n g <mlist4suntong(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:52:33 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> so anything catastrophic as to trash var/ will best be solved by a >> complete reinstall. > > 2nd to that. package downgrading would never be "quickly and painlessly". > Do a complete system restore, that'd be more quickly and painlessly than > downgrading. > I am sorry but I don't quite follow. What could go wrong when trying to downgrade a couple of packages (one of which misbehaves following an upgrade)? Liviu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/y2w68b1e2611004210039vaff732abs80391fe41de6219b(a)mail.gmail.com |