On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 05:16:57PM +0200, Cesar Kawar wrote:
> > 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.
Note the very important detail: It is SAFE to softlink $TopDir directly,
e.g. have a softlink /var/lib/backuppc which points to
/mnt/somewhere/else.
The actual requirement is: everything below $TopDir needs to be on the
same file system so hardlinks work.
HTH,
Tino.
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