Re: [Dump-users] Problem with restore -r (and dump -m)

[Stelian P. <st...@po...>]

Le mardi 31 mai 2005 =C3=A0 11:00 -0400, Eric Jensen a =C3=A9crit :

> If you think it's appropriate, here are a few draft sentences for
> inclusion in the man page description of the "-m" switch to dump, to
> help others avoid the mistake I made:
>=20
>    "If you use this option, be aware that many programs that unpack
>     files from archives (e.g. tar, rpm, unzip, apt) may set files'
>     mtimes to dates in the past.  Files installed in this way may not be
>     dumped correctly using "dump -m" if the modified mtime is earlier
>     than the most recent level 0 dump."
>=20

I've put this in the manpage, replacing apt with dpkg and 'most recent
level 0 dump' with 'previous level dump'.

Thanks.

Stelian.
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Stelian Pop <st...@po...>