On 21/03/18 20:42, A. Dumas wrote:
> Martin Gregorie  wrote:
>> One point that those who suggested that the Raspbian installed packages
>> list by running an apt utility or scraping the apt history log may have
>> missed: your additional packages will available after a clean install or
>> if your SD card gets corrupted.
>>
>> So, to avoid losing this the packages list , you need to recreate it each
>> time you install another package and make sure that the updated package
>> list gets included in your regular backups.
>
> I did not miss that point because the point of this thread was how to
> upgrade from jessie to stretch, not how to recreate your install after a
> system crash.
>
I cant answer for Pis, but my desktop/laptops here get totally rebuilt
when I upograde.

/home is elsehere on a server  so that's OK anyway.

By NOT reinstalling everything I only need to reinstall what todays
rather than yesterdays needs are, as and when I need to.

I keep backuos of config files on the server as well.



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