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| From | Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Backup debconf state |
| Date | 2021-01-19 16:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <Bz17c-3gE-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <Bz0Xv-3cO-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
Hi Erwan, On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 04:09:47PM +0100, Erwan David wrote: > It would be handy to have the state of debconf (with all the > answers I already gave). I do: dpkg --get-selections \* > /var/lib/dpkg_selections debconf-get-selections > /var/lib/debconf_selections (and then back up those files) You can restore them with the corresponding --set-selections. > Is a backup of /var/cache debconf sufficient for this ? I think that stuff lives in /var/lib, but it's better to export it in a format where it can be re-imported. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
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Backup debconf state Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2021-01-19 16:20 +0100
Re: Backup debconf state Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-01-19 16:30 +0100
Re: Backup debconf state Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> - 2021-01-19 16:40 +0100
Re: Backup debconf state Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2021-01-19 17:40 +0100
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