El 16/10/2009, a las 13:22, Holger Parplies escribió:

> Hi,
>
> sd AT pm7 DOT ch wrote on 2009-10-16 02:05:07 -0700 [Re: [BackupPC-users]  
> Discrepant file size reports of backups]:
>> [...]
>> 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.

I've been using softlink to store BackupPC's storage on other disks  
and partitions
for years with no problems at all.

What are the problems you're talking about (I'm  curious just in case  
I'm having
problems I didn't notice)...?


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