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.
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