On Fri, Sep 06, 2019 at 09:54:34 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
> With the usr merge, and I'm reading its not just debian but RH too, /bin
> becomes a link to usr/bin, and likewise /sbin becomes a link to
> usr/sbin. And /bib becomes a link to /usr/lib...
>
> But thats going to trigger on /usr/bin and /usr/sbin, preventing the
> backup of both subdirs. Thats not good. How do I fix that? Do I name
> the full path in 3 more dle's? I'll try that. But that will also screw
> up a bare metal recovery. So we need to come up with a better method.
> We need to backup the link, but without following it. ???? Ideas ???? I
> need another gallon of coffee... Or more sleep.
I am not sure what you are asking...
Tar already backs up symlinks (e.g. "/bin") without following them. When
you do bare metal recovery, restoration will give you all your files in
/usr/bin/, and a /bin symlink pointing to /usr/bin, just like you had at
the time the backup was made.
What do you mean when you say "that's going to trigger on"? /usr/bin/
is a directory just like it always has been (though with some additional
files now, i.e. the ones that used to live in /bin/ ), and will be
backed up normally as part of the dump of the filesystem that contains
it.... (And similarly for other subdirs of /usr/ .)
(In picnc's case, presumably all your /usr/.../ subdirs are on the / filesystem
[since I don't see a separate /usr mount point listed] .)
Nathan
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