[gentoo-user] Re: A suggestion for bacula

[Francesco Talamona <ti.liame@email.it>]

On Saturday 26 November 2005 02:47, Harry Putnam wrote:
[...]
> Bacula goes looking for them in /var/tmp/**bacula* and of course they
> are long gone.

Bacula relies on its temp directory for other interesting functions too, 
it can build a bootable ISO using your running kernel, for example.

I've written a little page in my personal wiki with an HOWTO for Gentoo 
to build a bootable cdrom using Bacula scripts, next week I can provide 
an english translation if anyone interested.

> So a gentoo user will end up with nothing backed up and wondering
> what they did wrong.  Especially if they don't notice the give away
> address, and it isn't that obvious because `bconsole' output is
> pretty primitive and it will not be on the screen long.
>
> It also means the restore part is a non starter too since nothing got
> backed up.
>
> Apparently someone maybe me needs to go thru the bacula ebuilds and
> make them a little more like what bacula devel people expect. Or fix
> it so it works for us.

Right, but maybe it's sufficient to replace original README with a 
Gentoo version; in other words, IMO it would be easier to document it, 
rather then tweak/patch ebuild.

ciao
	Francesco
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