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[ILUG] Backing up debian

[ILUG] Backing up debian

Paolo Marchiori paolo at marchiori.net
Mon Jun 6 15:53:58 IST 2005


David Golden, Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 01:30:34PM +0100:
> > On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 02:30:32PM -0700, Mark Campbell wrote:
> > Why do you people keep thinking this? It's /var/lib/dpkg/available
> Because "apt" is the frontend everyone sees?  The apt/dpkg 

Anyway, IIRC, "available" is transient data, it gets changed at every
"apt-get update" and thus is completely unrelated to the system status.

p.
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