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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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