Hi, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp via Dng writes:
> Anno domini 2021 Tue, 23 Nov 21:39:07 +0200 > Lars Noodén via Dng scripsit: >> On 11/23/21 21:27, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> > I'm setting up a new backup script that will do it all piecemeal so >> > that if a part of it fails, it can be retried without having to start >> > *everythng* over from scratch. >> [snip] >> >> It depends on what you've set up. >> >> For the systems I have, I only back up the configuration files in /etc/ >> plus the output of >> dpkg --get-selections >> The restoration plan is to do a fresh installation and restore with >> dpkg --set-selections > > I prefer "apt-mark showmanual" :) That gets my vote as well but ... > $ dpkg --get-selections|wc -l > 3474 > $ apt-mark showmanual|wc -l > 904 ... changing dependencies being what they are, one might have a few dependencies lingering around that would not be covered by apt-mark's output. In case one unwittingly relied on those being installed, the output of `dpkg --get-selections` or `dpkg-query -W` might be a better option. Note that the latter even includes version info. I would include the output of all three in a backup. It's not a lot of info, just a couple of kb, but may save the day in case restoring does not quite get you where you want to be. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
