Once upon a time Paul E Condon said... > quote > _________________________________________________________________ > Rationale > > The existence of a separate directory for cached data allows system > administrators to set different disk and backup policies from other > directories in /var. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > end quote > > If the data in /var is easily regenerated, why is backup of these data > mentioned in the rationale as a justification for separate directories?
I assume you mean /var/cache here? As the data in /var/cache is easily regenerated, while other data in /var is not (/var/lib and others), you would want a different backup policy for the different parts of /var. A sensible backup policy for /var/cache, IMHO, is not to back it up at all. I also exclude my mozilla caches, font caches, and other easily regenerable data (ie. caches) from my backups too. It makes no sense to me to backup a cache. > I conclude that the OP's belief that the wording of the FHS, > apparently precludes ever needing to backup /var is mistaken. So, OP, > do backup whatever parts of /var you feel you need to preserve. This is exactly what I do. Based on FHS, I should not need to backup /var/cache, however debconf puts non-regenerable in /var/cache, violating FHS. This is my stance from a technical standpoint. >From a pragmatic standpoint, I will add /var/cache/debconf to my backups. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
