-Original Message-
From: Ryan Schmidt [mailto:ryandes...@macports.org]
Sent: 26 May 2015 20:33
To: Larry Velázquez
Cc: Steve Holden; MacPorts Users
Subject: Re: Backing up MacPorts directories
On May 26, 2015, at 12:11 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:
On May 26, 2015, at 7:11 AM, Steve Holden wrote:
Is it recommended to omit any of the directories under
‘/opt/local/var/macports’ from backups (e.g. ‘distfiles’, ‘sources’)?
https://guide.macports.org/#internals.hierarchy
Whilst I’d like a fully-functioning MacPorts installation if I have to
boot from or restore from a backup drive, I wondered whether any of
its build directories could be safely omitted? Would their contents be
re-downloaded or re-built automatically (or could they be manually)?
You can probably omit these.
- var/macports/build: A scratch directory for port builds. There
shouldn't be anything in there, unless a build was interrupted and you
didn't run `port clean` afterwards.
- var/macports/distfiles: A cache for ports' source distributions.
MacPorts will redownload anything it can't find here.
- var/macports/logs: MacPorts' logs.
- var/macports/sources: Contains the ports tree and MacPorts base source
code. I believe `port selfupdate` repopulates this, so you need not
back it up.
While the contents of those directories can be safely deleted, MacPorts
might expect the directories themselves to exist, with certain permissions
and ownership. Not sure if they will be recreated automatically if you delete
them (or exclude them from your backup, then restore them).
Thanks, Ryan and Larry - I'll exclude the contents (but not the directories
themselves) from my backup.
Best wishes,
Steve
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