On 02/03/2018 04:11:33 PM, Marc Joliet wrote:
Am Samstag, 3. Februar 2018, 10:50:53 CET schrieb Helmut Jarausch:
> On 02/03/2018 06:54:06 AM, Dale wrote:
> > While on this topic, I have a question about glibc. I have it
set in
> > make.conf to save the binary packages. Generally I use it when I
need
> > to go back shortly after a upgrade, usually Firefox or something.
> > However, this package is different since going back a version
isn't a
> > good idea. My question tho, what if one does go back a version
using
> > those saved binary packages? Has anyone ever did it and it work
or
> > did
> > it and it fail miserably?
>
> I've tried to binary emerge my previous version. This didn't succeed
> since
> the ebuild disallows downgrading glibc.
>
> Luckily I had backuped my system just 20 hours ago.
Having up-to-date backups is always good :) .
> Does anybody know how to restore ONLY those files which are
> more recent on the target file system.
> (My whole back is 124 Gb large which is a lot to copy back)
If you can access the backups like a normal file system, then using
rsync with
the --update option looks to me like what you want:
"-u, --update skip files that are newer on the
receiver".
High Marc,
I think I need the opposite :
only update files which are newer on the receiver
Thanks,
Helmut
