Public bug reported: Binary package hint: rsnapshot
The default snapshot_root doesn't follow the filesystem hierarchy standard (FHS). The default root is `/var/cache/rsnapshot/` According to the [Filesystem Hierarchy Standard](http://www.pathname.com/fhs/), [`/var/cache/`](http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARLIBVARIABLESTATEINFORMATION) is for files that can be re-generated by the application. While the latest backup can be regenerated, older increments cannot. Further, a backup is not like a cache that the software can still run slowly without. If your backup is not available at some time because the system cleared it out to temporarily save space (as you can do with cache files), or it gets wiped out upon reboot because `/var/cache` is stored on a RAM drive, the backup software is not doing it's job. By default, backups should go in [`/var/lib/rsnapshot/`](http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARCACHEAPPLICATIONCACHEDATA) I found this in ubuntu 8.04 and 8.10. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Dependencies: DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 Package: rsnapshot None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/rsnapshot.list] PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=/home/username/bin:/home/username/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: rsnapshot Uname: Linux 2.6.27-17-generic i686 ** Affects: rsnapshot (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug -- default snapshot_root doesn't follow FHS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/590810 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
