On Sat 11 Feb 2017 at 16:25:50 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/29/2017 01:18 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >On 01/29/2017 10:26 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > >>On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 09:17:34AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>>I'm tracking down some problems related to chosen install options. > >>>I expect to be making _multiple_ clean installs. > >>>Besides /etc/apt/sources.list, where is information stored after > >>>having scanned the complete set of DVDs. > >>> > >>>I wish to store it to a safe location for use after doing EACH clean > >>>install. > >>>TIA > >> > >>Perhaps there are more places, but the package lists are at least in > >>/var/lib/apt/lists one file for each source (or mirror). I haven't > >>packages from CDROM, but I'd assume that they might end up there > >>as well. > > > >It looks to have everything. I'll discover whether or not it IS everything I > >need later this week. > > Didn't get to it as soon as expected. > Just copying /etc/apt/sources.list and /var/lib/apt/lists is not enough.
No, but ... > Using either synaptic or apt-get I get an error message telling me > to run apt-cdrom so the cdrom can be recognized. > The information about what package is on which CD is present as it > reports which CD it is looking for. > > I've not yet read > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_debian_package_management_internals > . > > Don't know when I'll be able to follow-up further. > Thanks again. > > > > > >> > >>Moreover there's a list in /var/lib/apt/cdroms.list containing > >>references to the CDROMs themselves (what exactly is in there > >>I can't say, but I'd expect the gory details over there: ... did you copy this too? (Example of contents attached.) > >> > >> > >>https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_debian_package_management_internals > >> > > > >I think it will be worthwhile to read the whole chapter. Only had a chance to > >browse its table of contents. > > > >Thank you. Cheers, David.
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