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Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2018, 18:34:11 CET schrieb Helmut Jarausch: |
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> On 02/03/2018 04:11:33 PM, Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> > Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2018, 10:50:53 CET schrieb Helmut Jarausch: |
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> > > On 02/03/2018 06:54:06 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> > > > While on this topic, I have a question about glibc. I have it |
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> > set in |
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> > > > make.conf to save the binary packages. Generally I use it when I |
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> > need |
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> > > > to go back shortly after a upgrade, usually Firefox or something. |
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> > > > However, this package is different since going back a version |
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> > isn't a |
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> > > > good idea. My question tho, what if one does go back a version |
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> > using |
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> > > > those saved binary packages? Has anyone ever did it and it work |
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> > or |
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> > > > did |
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> > > > it and it fail miserably? |
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> > > I've tried to binary emerge my previous version. This didn't succeed |
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> > > since |
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> > > the ebuild disallows downgrading glibc. |
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> > > Luckily I had backuped my system just 20 hours ago. |
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> > Having up-to-date backups is always good :) . |
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> > > Does anybody know how to restore ONLY those files which are |
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> > > more recent on the target file system. |
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> > > (My whole back is 124 Gb large which is a lot to copy back) |
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> > If you can access the backups like a normal file system, then using |
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> > rsync with |
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> > the --update option looks to me like what you want: |
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> > |
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> > "-u, --update skip files that are newer on the |
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> > receiver". |
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> High Marc, |
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> I think I need the opposite : |
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> only update files which are newer on the receiver |
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Ah, sorry, I misread that (in your case it wouldn't make any sense, either). |
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Although in that case, shouldn't normal rsync do what you want? It won't |
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update files that haven't changed since the backup (determined by default by |
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comparing file size and mtime, see rsync(1)). |
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> Thanks, |
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> Helmut |
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HTH |
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Marc Joliet |
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