On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 09:46:51PM +0100, Armin K. wrote: > > Yes, I remember the issue when /dev/console and /dev/null nodes were > missing after backup with Debian 6 version of "tar" ... Sockets aren't > added either, but it prints a warning. I think though that device nodes > issue is fixed in later releases. > I think it was the move to CONFIG_DEVTMPFS which meant people no longer need to create /dev/console and /dev/null when restoring from a backup. That's based on my experience using (originally) tar --one-file-system and now (for several years) rsync -aHx --delete --numeric-ids (where -x means don't cross filesystem boundaries). The missing /dev/console and /dev/null caught me out a few times in the past.
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