Bug#541412: dpkg: implement backups currently in cron package

On further inspection, this suggestion would probably also close the pretty long-standing #96476 Cheers -- Leo "costela" Antunes [insert a witty retort here] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-bugs-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Bug#541412: dpkg: implement backups currently in cron package and better document it

x27;t know about the backups[0]. Cheers [0] http://costela.net/2009/08/restoring-a-wiped-out-dpkg-status-file/ -- Leo "costela" Antunes [insert a witty retort here] diff -urN dpkg-1.15.3.1/debian/dpkg.cron.daily dpkg-1.15.3.1.new/debian/dpkg.cron.daily --- dpkg-1.15.3.1/debian/dp