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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:33:35AM -0400, Tom Metro wrote: > Kent Borg wrote: > > P.S. BTW, old debs can be found at repos.um.ac.ir...but I am wondering > > whether before upgrades the paranoid should do a hardlink copy of > > /var/cache/apt/archives to a backup directory. > > I've wondered why there isn't (or I am not aware of) an apt > configuration setting to have it more intelligently manage the package > cache, such that it always keeps at least one prior rev on hand, so you > can easily roll back after a troubled upgrade. Probably because apt doesn't actually support roll-backs at all. Solving this is hard, which is why it hasn't been done yet. -dsr- -- http://tao.merseine.nu/~dsr/eula.html is hereby incorporated by reference. You can't defend freedom by getting rid of it.
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