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Date:      Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:04:51 -0400
From:      "J. Hellenthal" <jhell@DataIX.net>
To:        dougb@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: conf/156396: Make 220.backup-pkgdb cd(1) and backup only the package database.
Message-ID:  <20110414220451.GB69347@DataIX.net>
In-Reply-To: <201104141907.p3EJ7N20098522@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <201104141907.p3EJ7N20098522@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 07:07:23PM +0000, dougb@freebsd.org wrote:
>Synopsis: Make 220.backup-pkgdb cd(1) and backup only the package database.
>
>State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
>State-Changed-By: dougb
>State-Changed-When: Thu Apr 14 19:04:01 UTC 2011
>State-Changed-Why:=20
>
>Thank you for your interest in this issue. However, it's safer to back up
>from the absolute path for a variety of reasons, especially because there
>may be symlinks involved in the path. Given that restoring should be an
>infrequent event we can live with a minor inconvenience at that point to
>have the safety of making sure that the backup itself is valid.=20
>
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D156396

Seriously ?!=BF

Restoring is infrequent but comparison isnt. No offense but were working
on the package database directory here thats designated by a ports
environment variable.

Have you even tested this with your full path symlink security scenario.?

Gimme a break.

--=20

 Regards,
 J. Hellenthal
 WWJD


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