Apt Backup Question

[Simon Taplin]

I'm backing up my apt cache and list of files in the apt repositories 
for if I need to reformat my machine or install more machines. By 
backing up the list of files in the repositories, is apt smart enough to 
figure out that security updates have not been installed on the new 
machine even through they had been installed on the old machine?

Simon
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