jiro

If you can not do regular DU....and you miss reading and/or researching a package that is removed by a big DU....consider taking an image of your partitions before this big DU so if error occurs you can recover back in time.

2) I have done this for years. A certain entity at sidux detests and refused to have partimage on the live cd as he regards it as unreliable..........but my many years of experience = its fine for ext3.

3) I actually image after each DU....so tend to do mine infrequently compared to some ppl....Before a DU I restore last image....so have a cleaner system....then DU...then scan with rootkit hunter and update its database....then take an image.......which is cyclic behaviour.

regards

and sorry for hijack
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i find d-u once in two weeks is often enough. i used to do once a week, but no longer

i don't need or use apt-listchanges. i rely on smxi and common sense and have done so for years.

the whole thing you go through with partimage seems way too much effort for my tastes...

but thanks for the suggestions
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