On 2016-04-26, at 7:47 AM, Geoffrey Odhner <geoff...@odhner.net> wrote:
> I wish what you say were true, but Time Machine eventually can get to a point > where it requires you to delete everything or start a new backup volume. > This can happen when its size is considerably larger than the size of the > drive it's backing up. I know this because it has happened to me. When it > reaches that point it doesn't allow you to make ANY other changes, including > deleting directories in the backup that you could do without. I exclude > /opt/local from backups, along with other folders that can be readily > reconstructed so that I won't run into this problem again. How long ago was that? I've managed to delete stuff from the only existing backup in 1.7.10. And, I discovered that if you change the "what is backed up" to only a single small partition, Time Machine will happily back that up, and then the other backup is now no longer the latest and should be deleteable. (I did that to force a full re-backup, when I had reasons to distrust the completeness of the existing backup.) > > Regards, > > Geoff Odhner >> On 4/26/2016 9:30:57 AM, Bachsau <w...@bachsau.name> wrote: >> >> René J.V. Bertin wrote on 26.04.2016 13:19: >> > Superfluous backing up of course ends up wasting significant amount of >> > space on the backup disk esp. for developers who regularly to something >> > like `port -n upgrade --force` after an incremental rebuild with only >> > minimal changes. It is also costly in terms of time when you're using a >> > NAS like my Time Capsule (even when connected via a wired gigabit >> > connection). >> >> In default configuration time machine will automatically discard old >> backups in favor of new ones, so there shouldn't be any space problems >> ever. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> macports-users mailing list >> macports-users@lists.macosforge.org >> https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users > _______________________________________________ > macports-users mailing list > macports-users@lists.macosforge.org > https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users --- Entertaining minecraft videos http://YouTube.com/keybounce _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users
