Holger Parplies wrote:
> 
>> Both directories are in the same filesystem and the path was most likely
>> changed right after the installation.
> 
> /var/lib/backuppc and /usr/share/backuppc/data ? That would be the root file
> system. It's not really a good idea to put your pool on the rootfs.
> 
>> I don't fully understand why the changed path is a problem in this case,
> 
> Neither do I, but I remember that it *is* a problem. You can have a link for
> $TopDir (i.e. $TopDir = '/var/lib/backuppc' and /var/lib/backuppc is a
> softlink to somewhere), but softlinks below $TopDir don't seem to work
> (whatever the reason was), even if they remain within one file system.

If you install from source from the sourceforge code, there is an install step 
that modifies something in the code with the location you choose for the 
directory.  However, packaged installs (.deb/.rpm) have already done this step 
so you can't alter the location.  But I thought this was changed in the latest 
version.  Regardless, the easy approach is to mount the filesystem you want to 
use at /var/lib/backuppc before installing the package.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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