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
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
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
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
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
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
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