Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:04:51 -0400 From: "J. Hellenthal" <jhell@DataIX.net> To: dougb@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: conf/156396: Make 220.backup-pkgdb cd(1) and backup only the package database. Message-ID: <20110414220451.GB69347@DataIX.net> In-Reply-To: <201104141907.p3EJ7N20098522@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201104141907.p3EJ7N20098522@freefall.freebsd.org>
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--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--
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