From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EfwZP-00026k-Fw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:42:11 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAQ9fIHu024443; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:41:18 GMT Received: from aa004msg.fastwebnet.it (213-140-2-71.ip.fastwebnet.it [213.140.2.71]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAQ9bWjg022373 for ; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:37:32 GMT Received: from ms002msg.fastwebnet.it (10.31.41.33) by aa004msg.fastwebnet.it (7.2.069.1) id 4387AD7D0000C909 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:37:31 +0100 Received: from [1.36.68.35] (1.36.68.35) by ms002msg.fastwebnet.it (7.2.069.1) id 4381C4F700252BDD for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:37:31 +0100 From: Francesco Talamona To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: A suggestion for bacula Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:37:31 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <87fypkxjrx.fsf@newsguy.com> In-Reply-To: <87fypkxjrx.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511261037.31169.ti.liame@email.it> X-Archives-Salt: c7f59e63-0e1d-424c-933a-c2b1b69e5d4d X-Archives-Hash: 079ebffba81ffc5a87fdb55e42c72d79 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 -- Linux Version 2.6.12-gentoo-r9, Compiled #2 Wed Aug 24 18:43:16 CEST 2005 One 1GHz AMD Athlon 64 Processor, 2GB RAM, 1958.63 Bogomips Total aemaeth -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list