[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup changes .gz files

Hi, I do full Linux root partition backups with rdiff-backup 1.2.8 on Debian squeeze. As I have had numerous instances of silent corruption, I always verify my backups, in this case with rdiff-backup --compare-full --exclude-sockets --exclude-other-filesystems This verify gives me several "me

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup changes .gz files

Hi, I found a bit more time and found also some .pm files with the same issue. Looking into the files though, I have a suspicion, namely that for some reason these files were changed by a Debian update, that then did set the same original metadata after installing new files. The suspicion comes

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup changes .gz files

On 07/17/2011 12:35 PM, Arno Wagner wrote: Hi, I found a bit more time and found also some .pm files with the same issue. Looking into the files though, I have a suspicion, namely that for some reason these files were changed by a Debian update, that then did set the same original metadata after

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup changes .gz files

On 07/17/2011 12:35 PM, Arno Wagner wrote: I have a suspicion, namely that for some reason these files were changed by a Debian update, that then did set the same original metadata after installing new files. The suspicion comes from the differences being date format changes only, no corrupt

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup changes .gz files

On 07/17/2011 06:08 PM, Maarten Bezemer wrote: On 07/17/2011 12:35 PM, Arno Wagner wrote: I have a suspicion, namely that for some reason these files were changed by a Debian update, that then did set the same original metadata after installing new files. The suspicion comes from the differ

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup changes .gz files

Hi, Arno Wagner wrote: >I found a bit more time and found also some .pm files >with the same issue. Looking into the files though, >I have a suspicion, namely that for some reason these >files were changed by a Debian update, that then did >set the same original metadata after installing new >f

Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup changes .gz files

On Sun, 17 Jul 2011, Robert Nichols wrote: All that matters is that rdiff-backup records a checksum that is consistent with the file it _did_ back up, and that is always the case. Given my example above, this may not always be the case. At least for most unix file systems. You misunderstan