Bug#247134: debconf: affects backups

2021-03-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 12:55:09PM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Jun 15, gambarimasu+report...@gmail.com wrote: > > just wanted to say that many users will exclude /var/cache from > > backups. > Yes, this is the main issue: it is a best practice to exclude files in > /var/cache/ from backups,

Bug#247134: debconf: affects backups

2021-03-14 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jun 15, gambarimasu+report...@gmail.com wrote: > just wanted to say that many users will exclude /var/cache from > backups. Yes, this is the main issue: it is a best practice to exclude files in /var/cache/ from backups, but this way a restore will lose the whole debconf database. Can we get

Bug#247134: debconf: affects backups

2006-06-14 Thread gambarimasu+reportbug
Package: debconf Version: 1.5.1 Followup-For: Bug #247134 i see that the bug is 2 years old, that there was a previous bug, and that the changelog implies that it used to be in /usr/lib/. not sure why, since it seems to violate the fhs to me. perhaps debian is not supposed to agree with the