Re: [rdiff-backup-users] UpdateError

[dean gaudet]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Davy Durham wrote:

> Is this serious?   I get a few like this while backing up..
> 
>   UpdateError var/log/secure Updated mirror temp file
> ./var/log/rdiff-backup.tmp.1685 does not match source

unfortunately there's always a race condition when backing up from a live 
filesystem... the only way to avoid these is to use "copy-on-write 
snapshot" technology like exists in LVM for example.

(on a related rant:  it's unfortunate linux 2.6 LVM2 doesn't have stable 
snapshots yet... i'm stuck on 2.4 still because i want snapshots.)

-dean