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On Monday 12 June 2006 19:28, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> Joerg Plate wrote: |
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> >>Do make sure you back up the base /var/cache/edb/ |
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> > Why? Anything in /var/cache doesn't need to be in a backup, |
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> > because it can be generated when necessary (in theory...) |
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> in theory, yes; |
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in practice, this needs to be a yes too |
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> in practice there are a couple of files you may not want |
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> to destroy (mtimedb, counter) |
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those files are very helpful sure, but portage needs to be able to sanely |
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recover if they go bye bye |
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-mike |
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