In a message dated 2/2/99 7:41:32 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mpo.gc.ca writes:
> > 1) dpkg won't track anything done by installation scripts after > > dpkg does it's configuration. > > You can archive everything under /etc for that (config files). > Anything else done in postinst will be recreated correctly > when you reinstall. > My point of creating such a program would be to allow you back out changes made to your /etc files - for example, if you decide to try out some new software and then decide it's not for you. > > 2) dpkg won't track non-deb packages - such as tarballs. > > Then don't do that. :-) > Package them up as .deb's and get a developer interested in doing > it. > That's not realistic. Of course, we'd all prefer to use .deb packages, but I don't have the time, nore the inclination to change all of the packages I'd like to try out to debian format first. -jay
