backup apt tree?
in [Debian]
|
Prev: PDF is blocked for printing, etc. OK for acroread (it behaves as expected), but KPDF allows me to print it, even if it is protected! Why?
Next: Continuous wifi errors
From: Sjoerd Hardeman on 21 Apr 2010 08:20 Liviu Andronic schreef: > 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)? Downgrading is not supported. Changing the apt-config just means that the apt-files don't reflect the state of your system (as mentioned elsewhere in this thread). It will *not* fix your problem. You can of course uninstall the package and reinstall a previous version directly from its deb. To get that deb, you can use snapshot.debian.org or get it from the testing or stable repos. Sjoerd
From: T o n g on 21 Apr 2010 11:40 On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:14:54 +0200, Sjoerd Hardeman wrote: > Downgrading is not supported... It will *not* fix your problem. You can > of course uninstall the package and reinstall a previous version > directly from its deb. And most often, after a major upgrade, the previous versions can't be installed or not function properly any more. -- 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/hqn5oe$ipm$2(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Ron Johnson on 21 Apr 2010 13:50 On 2010-04-21 06:58, B. Alexander wrote: [snip] > > I leave /var in a separate partition, only because I cut my teeth on > Unix/Linux back in the days when filling / or /var would cause a system > crash. It still can. But disks aren't 300MB anymore. -- 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/4BCF39EF.6070503(a)cox.net
From: Rob Owens on 21 Apr 2010 20:30
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 07:49:32PM +0100, Liviu Andronic wrote: > Dear all > What files contain the information on the current ("now") apt tree? I > would like to perform backups of these files so that I could restore > the tree if some package upgrade messed up my Debian testing. > I don't think this covers everything you're looking to do, but it might be useful. To create a list of all installed software: dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt To optionally uninstall anything not included in that list: dpkg --clear-selections To install all the software in that list: dpkg --set-selections < packages.txt followed by this (all the installs/uninstalls happen with this command: apt-get dselect-upgrade -Rob -- 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/20100422003309.GB16793(a)aurora.owens.net |