If anyone has some guess where I can look for this problem I would
appreciate some help.

Examining the Xferlog I see that the rsync definately saw the /bin/sh
symlink during the transfer.

create l 777       0/0           4 bin/sh -> bash

But once the backup is complete there is no symlink listed via the GUI
interface. And if I restore the whole directory from its parent, the
symlink does not get restored.

I think the rsync transfer is ok but one of the backuppc binaries is
having some problem and removing some symlinks, but not all.


Jason Jorgensen wrote:
> Searching the wiki, docs and web and I havent found an answer yet.
> 
> Currently using BackupPC Version 3.0.0 on a Debian box.
> 
> Backing up over 40 hosts. Has been working wonderful, thanks alot!
> 
> My current problem is that not all symlinks are being backed up.
> 
> This symlink is backed up:
> /lib/libcrypt.so.1 -> /lib/libcrypt-2.3.6.so
> 
> But this symlink is not backed up for any host:
> /bin/sh -> bash
> 
> 
> The following are the default parameters rsync/backuppc is using. If I
> use these parameters to clone one box to another box all the symlinks
> are intact, but not in the backups.
> --numeric-ids
> --perms
> --owner
> --group
> -D
> --links
> --hard-links
> --times
> --block-size=2048
> --recursive
> --archive
> 
> I recently had to restore a full backup and there were many many library
> symlinks and other symlinks missing that most software did not run.
> 
> I deeply apologize if the answer to this is readily available and I have
> not found it.
> 
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