From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S18Zr-0008P3-9i for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:45:43 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC61AE0D57; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:45:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82B17E062A for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:45:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pw0-f53.google.com (mail-pw0-f53.google.com [209.85.160.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1574D1B4001 for ; Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:45:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbbrq13 with SMTP id rq13so3968294pbb.40 for ; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of floppym@gentoo.org designates 10.68.244.69 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.244.69; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of floppym@gentoo.org designates 10.68.244.69 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=floppym@gentoo.org Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.244.69]) by 10.68.244.69 with SMTP id xe5mr13826154pbc.34.1330141499773 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.244.69 with SMTP id xe5mr11387202pbc.34.1330141499760; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.46.135 with HTTP; Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <4F47CF5C.4070508@gentoo.org> <20120224154327.61c051ad@gentoo.org> <3a6095b4d48c4163bb912d6fd608059f@HUBCAS2.cs.stonybrook.edu> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:44:59 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy From: Mike Gilbert To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: f02fa217-46e8-47f9-92a6-25ccf7a394fd X-Archives-Hash: 36fd37410237b037ea4c64a76d143613 On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Richard Yao wrote= : >> Am I the only paranoid person who moves them rather than unlinking >> them? =C2=A0Oh, if only btrfs were stable... > > Is this a reference to snapshots? You can use ZFS for those. The > kernel modules are only available in the form of 9999 ebuilds right > now, but they your data should be safe unless you go out of your way > to break things (e.g. putting the ZIL/SLOG on a tmpfs). Alternatively, > there is XFS, which I believe also supports snapshots. > I've been using btrfs exclusively for about 6 months, and I don't *think* I've lost anything... :)