> On Mar 29 01:31, Shaul Karl wrote:
> > You might start with examining /var/lib/dpkg/available* and
> > /var/backups/dpkg.status.* in order to determine what exactly were changed.
>
> Im following this thread since I myself is looking for a way to backtrack
> changes in the system done by APT and dpkg. I know about the available* and
> status* files in /var/lib/dpkg but I didnt know about the /var/backups
> files. But when Im checking this directory I doesnt find any dpkg.status.*
> files. All the files that exists in my /var/backups directory is:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/backups$ l
> total 17
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 3 2000 ./
> drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 1024 Jun 3 2000 ../
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 586 Mar 1 03:44 group.bak
> -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 434 Mar 1 03:44 gshadow.bak
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2571 Sep 2 2000 inetd.conf.bak
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2632 Sep 1 2000 inetd.conf.bak.0
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 930 Aug 24 2000 inetd.conf.bak.1.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 952 Aug 12 2000 inetd.conf.bak.2.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 924 Jan 29 2000 inetd.conf.bak.3.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1624 Mar 1 03:44 passwd.bak
> -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 999 Mar 1 03:44 shadow.bak
> -rw------- 1 root root 133 Dec 27 1999 smbpasswd.bak
>
> Im using dpkg (1.8.3.1) and apt (0.5.3).
>
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I do not recall I have made any config in order to have the backup in
/var/backups. Maybe this is only in woody and up? Perhaps you have a dual boot
machine and that keeps the backups from being made?
The only other thing that I can say at the moment is:
[08:16:32 /tmp]$ cmp /var/lib/dpkg/status /var/backups/dpkg.status.0
[08:16:59 /tmp]$
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