On 2017-08-31 15:24, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 30/08/17 10:58 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I say not rpm for backups.
So:
CPIO for backups is OK. CPIO plus metadata on where yto unpack it and scripts to tidly up and mechanisms to deal with possible overrights when doing a restore is not OK.
Can you please explain what it is about RPM that makes it NOT an 'backup'?
Everybody knows that it is a software distribution method. I don't have to explain it.
Can you please explain what the difference is, from the software-to-do-it point of view as opposed to the human-philosophical point of view, between a backup and an archive?
A backup can use an archive as a method of doing it. An rpm is not an archive. A tar is. A cpio is. Even if rpm contains an archive. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)