Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 19 May 2000, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > 1:) What is the best way to make apt-get use the /archives folder to > > perform the upgrade and return the system to stage 2. above? > > cp /archive/*.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/ >
Specifically, apt stores all of the dependency and install-order information in databases that only need to download the Potato Packages.gz files to be rebuilt - if you do this, then do your update and dist-upgrade, apt shouldn't have to download packages again (except that some of the packages will have changed since you last got them). What this will not restore is any changes you made in which packages were selected. This information is stored elsewhere.
