RE: Backing up MacPorts directories
-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 ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
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). ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
Re: Backing up MacPorts directories
On May 26, 2015, at 7:11 AM, Steve Holden st...@coordinated.org 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. vq ___ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
