Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:30:33 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regularly updated files in /etc Message-ID: <D6B904CE-4E1E-4B4D-83D7-71268C7C4304@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20110831060713.GB37259@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20110831060713.GB37259@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On Aug 31, 2011, at 12:07 AM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > I don't see any real downsides for the first two: > - Moving dumpdates out of root just means a different FS would need te > be writable during dumps. The whole reason it is in / is so that when you are doing level 0 dumps = of the entire machine, you only need to have / mounted r/w. Moving it = to /var introduces another moving part into the requirements for dumps = since /var is on another file system. It would likely break backup = scripts. Warner
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