merged from lp:~donkult/apt/sid

[apt.git] / debian / apt.cron.daily

diff --git a/debian/apt.cron.daily b/debian/apt.cron.daily
index e59b05ee484534bb0d74bb59718f8cf7fdba1593..8c0e4c416f79c9b277b54c0d14454a099b0f1dd5 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/apt.cron.daily
+++ b/debian/apt.cron.daily
@@ -320,6 +320,15 @@ debug_echo()
 
 # ------------------------ main ----------------------------
 
 
 # ------------------------ main ----------------------------
 

+# Backup the 7 last versions of APT's extended_states file
+# shameless copy from dpkg cron
+if cd /var/backups ; then
+    if ! cmp -s apt.extended_states.0 /var/lib/apt/extended_states; then
+       cp -p /var/lib/apt/extended_states apt.extended_states
+       savelog -c 7 apt.extended_states >/dev/null
+    fi
+fi
+

 # check apt-config exstance
 if ! which apt-config >/dev/null ; then
        exit 0
 # check apt-config exstance
 if ! which apt-config >/dev/null ; then
        exit 0