Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] backups: remove Portage cruft?
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:34:54
Message-Id: 20060612232410.GC12634@curie-int.vc.shawcable.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] backups: remove Portage cruft? by Joerg Plate
1 On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 01:15:05AM +0200, Joerg Plate wrote:
2 > > Do make sure you back up the base /var/cache/edb/
3 > Why? Anything in /var/cache doesn't need to be in a backup,
4 > because it can be generated when necessary (in theory...)
5 The counter file is important if you intend to keep /var/log/portage.
6 If you blow it away, and keep /var/log/portage, portage will start log
7 file numbers from zero again, and it becomes a pain to figure out the
8 real order when debugging stuff.
9
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11 Robin Hugh Johnson
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