[fhs-discuss] tighten the use and intention of the "/var" hierarchy

[Bruno Cornec]

Mats Wichmann said on Mon, May 16, 2011 at 08:17:32AM -0600:

> On 05/16/2011 05:29 AM, Bruno Cornec wrote:
> > Exactly. And typically I'd like to avoid backuping /var, except maybe
> > /var/spool.
> 
> well, I can say if you use a package manager for your system (deb, rpm) 
> you'll be unhappy if you don't back up its state and then have a 
> problem, unless you intend to rebuild from scratch.  Probably better to 
> think in terms of what parts of /var you *don't* need to back up.

True. I also backup /var/lib (especially for the rpm db content). But
fir now, I rather specify what I'm backuping under /var rather than the
reverse.

Bruno.
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