[Novalug] best way to back up a home partition.

[Angelo Bertolli]

DonJr wrote:
> In all versions of Ubuntu to date that I've installed there are a few
> packages that have caused me problems because of there OVER-stated
> requirements and when you uninstall them {or Ubuntu decides one need
> updating} and later on update the kernel-package Aptitude get into the
> cycle of wanting to uninstall any kernel package that isn't currently
> required by something, because if aptitude didn't install something it
> defaults to assuming that the package was an AUTO-install [*1].
>  The packages are 'ubuntu-minimal' and 'ubuntu-standard' these packages
> descriptions even say:
>
> | It is safe to remove this package if some of the minimal system
> | packages are not desired. 
>
> My Desktop and Servers don't need 'Wireless', 'pppoe', or 'pppconf'
> support, they are connect by Network-cards and cables to a central
> hub/router. There are also a number of other packages that these
> packages require that are not nessesarily part of a minimal functioning
> system IMHO.
>
> [*1] Funny thing neither apt-get or synaptic have this problem.
> I can switch back and forth between them and dpkg without any problems.
>   

I've used wajig in conjunction with those without any problems as well.  
Maybe it's because synaptic and wajig don't keep any more metadata than 
apt-get does.  Anyway, it bothers me a little bit that recommends are 
automatically installed with apt-get now.

Angelo