From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 22:04:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 770031065674; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:04:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhellenthal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AD2C8FC14; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:04:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywf7 with SMTP id 7so36149ywf.13 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:04:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:x-openpgp-key-id:x-openpgp-key-fingerprint :x-openpgp-key-url; bh=2Et8kQgUB7L3e4jgNKuaHiO+F6oiYfAAxHZRLyj9y64=; b=c10vlYCPqUSRILEDnLjWRtD7N29NF15owvq1yYAETj3GsmuxlKXYNQRU/5aRllLFUq TQekhAj2geBoPuVLsjLib6AsY8n3HhnQCumqJ11JXiF+tn78SiZJ14g0fA3vHFj5JlWE QvFtABlWNN3PS7uBSsyaGcdxSHMd0j88PJx74= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:x-openpgp-key-id :x-openpgp-key-fingerprint:x-openpgp-key-url; b=Yt+8COyi8ga6tsB0S1A/nW0Yu7jWGRLOSAtrsxP1j10ooR8WI4Va8iN9wNm4U94pXa 6eZX9zSuuJ9nRAEHtaChE6DfCWztweG7jRiZRbiu/jQrmRfXysSbHAC+9MTg7SrJEWCS lgLc+5ev/JnPvaEaaaWGbfHUZcRVXzTSBdcYQ= Received: by 10.42.115.200 with SMTP id l8mr1529655icq.284.1302818697078; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:04:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DataIX.net (adsl-99-19-43-8.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net [99.19.43.8]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id hc41sm1455749ibb.30.2011.04.14.15.04.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:04:55 -0700 (PDT) Sender: "J. Hellenthal" Received: from DataIX.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by DataIX.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p3EM4qiP050305 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:04:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Received: (from jhell@localhost) by DataIX.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p3EM4qZN050301; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:04:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhell@DataIX.net) Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:04:51 -0400 From: "J. Hellenthal" To: dougb@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110414220451.GB69347@DataIX.net> References: <201104141907.p3EJ7N20098522@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gatW/ieO32f1wygP" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201104141907.p3EJ7N20098522@freefall.freebsd.org> X-OpenPGP-Key-Id: 0x89D8547E X-OpenPGP-Key-Fingerprint: 85EF E26B 07BB 3777 76BE B12A 9057 8789 89D8 547E X-OpenPGP-Key-URL: http://bit.ly/0x89D8547E Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/156396: Make 220.backup-pkgdb cd(1) and backup only the package database. X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:04:58 -0000 --gatW/ieO32f1wygP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 07:07:23PM +0000, dougb@freebsd.org wrote: >Synopsis: Make 220.backup-pkgdb cd(1) and backup only the package database. > >State-Changed-From-To: open->closed >State-Changed-By: dougb >State-Changed-When: Thu Apr 14 19:04:01 UTC 2011 >State-Changed-Why:=20 > >Thank you for your interest in this issue. However, it's safer to back up >from the absolute path for a variety of reasons, especially because there >may be symlinks involved in the path. Given that restoring should be an >infrequent event we can live with a minor inconvenience at that point to >have the safety of making sure that the backup itself is valid.=20 > > >http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D156396 Seriously ?!=BF Restoring is infrequent but comparison isnt. No offense but were working on the package database directory here thats designated by a ports environment variable. Have you even tested this with your full path symlink security scenario.? Gimme a break. --=20 Regards, J. Hellenthal WWJD --gatW/ieO32f1wygP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (FreeBSD) Comment: http://bit.ly/0x89D8547E iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNp2+DAAoJEJBXh4mJ2FR+H0QH/0yuRv451C5/zOGpkzUjwX88 tT1c4taYsdU/I5nFZdh8yVFxu7JYpH/Yw4dTFDIPUOcRhBfKST0wzULB7JSq2QnX q0vqeoh5gVu42SPSumipNTjFrIYcV7W2jNPeAG5Wu6hiIn9CRKZwxRv/ul8XXoPC nM5vwQ0qW80BoRY4jXkCDh4es0TMwBG7oZLrd2HhNCpRvawGh1rBMD1zbMOLpNkA RjOBzuR4qdg7FljCfUIKyTUVKK/lTwtebR40sltUfWswDZKYktEiOsnuk9D/XtyS R4IdLsM3b5Zccc86Qpr9LAeqrjR9PQ6fHyzE6tB8xfLR5y796e1ewHJRB8bDSn8= =4zgN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gatW/ieO32f1wygP--