Is there any way to easily revert apt-get upgrades to previous 'snapshot'

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Is there a way to easily revert to an apt-get upgrade? I want to be able to run a snapshot to a known working baseline, then let let upgrades run. If a fault is detected I want to be able to revert that update either temporary or permemently. Can this be done with Apt tools? If not is there an OverlayFS or LVM based solution for this.

btrfs: https://www.linux.com/learn/how-create-and-manage-btrfs-snapshots-and-rollbacks-linux-part-2 — Rui F Ribeiro, Mar 17 '17 at 17:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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Maybe a rollback mechanism will help you.

Alternatively you may consider taking a snapshot via lvm since its much easier and less hacky.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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answered Mar 19 '17 at 02:00

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Is there any way to easily revert apt-get upgrades to previous 'snapshot'

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