On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 06:56:03PM +0100, Bernhard Kuemel wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > >Bernhard Kuemel wrote: > > > >>I suspect base-config to automatically answer yes to the "Do you want to > >>delete any previously downloaded package files?" It probably happened > >>when during a debian installaiion I managed to import > >>/var/cache/apt/archives via NFS or when I used base-config to "set" my > >>RTC to UTC that most of our package collection on our file server got > >>deleted. > > > >base-config runs apt-get autoclean. > > Well, thanks for making that clear. I'd like to have the option > to skip that. I had packages from releases other than that > defined in the current sources.list and would have liked to keep > them.
It's a bit late now, but it's probably a good reason to export that directory read-only, so your installations can't go frigging with your file server... regards Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
