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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:45:43
Message-Id: CAJ0EP42H7_udHoAVaJmJK+MjeBzKYqRZvrhmhTn0dHTVDRNw4A@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy by Richard Yao
1 On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Richard Yao <ryao@×××××××××××××.edu> wrote:
2 >> Am I the only paranoid person who moves them rather than unlinking
3 >> them?  Oh, if only btrfs were stable...
4 >
5 > Is this a reference to snapshots? You can use ZFS for those. The
6 > kernel modules are only available in the form of 9999 ebuilds right
7 > now, but they your data should be safe unless you go out of your way
8 > to break things (e.g. putting the ZIL/SLOG on a tmpfs). Alternatively,
9 > there is XFS, which I believe also supports snapshots.
10 >
11
12 I've been using btrfs exclusively for about 6 months, and I don't
13 *think* I've lost anything... :)

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>