> On Mar 29 01:31, Shaul Karl wrote: > > You might start with examining /var/lib/dpkg/available* and > > /var/backups/dpkg.status.* in order to determine what exactly were changed. > > Im following this thread since I myself is looking for a way to backtrack > changes in the system done by APT and dpkg. I know about the available* and > status* files in /var/lib/dpkg but I didnt know about the /var/backups > files. But when Im checking this directory I doesnt find any dpkg.status.* > files. All the files that exists in my /var/backups directory is: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/backups$ l > total 17 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 3 2000 ./ > drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Jun 3 2000 ../ > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 586 Mar 1 03:44 group.bak > -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 434 Mar 1 03:44 gshadow.bak > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2571 Sep 2 2000 inetd.conf.bak > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2632 Sep 1 2000 inetd.conf.bak.0 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 930 Aug 24 2000 inetd.conf.bak.1.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 952 Aug 12 2000 inetd.conf.bak.2.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 924 Jan 29 2000 inetd.conf.bak.3.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1624 Mar 1 03:44 passwd.bak > -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 999 Mar 1 03:44 shadow.bak > -rw------- 1 root root 133 Dec 27 1999 smbpasswd.bak > > Im using dpkg (1.8.3.1) and apt (0.5.3). > > -- > * John Ericson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * ICQ: 7325429 JID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > * web: http://john.pp.se
I do not recall I have made any config in order to have the backup in /var/backups. Maybe this is only in woody and up? Perhaps you have a dual boot machine and that keeps the backups from being made? The only other thing that I can say at the moment is: [08:16:32 /tmp]$ cmp /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/backups/dpkg.status.0 [08:16:59 /tmp]$ -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>