29 Dec
2007
29 Dec
'07
4:52 p.m.
On Saturday 29 December 2007 15:59, Chris G wrote:
Ok in the interests of me learning something new. Please point me to the standard that says that you don't need to back up /var.
However *none* of it is what I would call "important data" like the contents of databases, web pages, things like that.
Suggestion: Install Debian, Red Hat, or any other deb/rpm based distro. Clean out /var of any/all files. Now try installing a new package and see what goes tits up.
You may also want to look at /var/cache/man and/or a closer look at /var/lib.
Regards, Paul.