Re: [Duplicity-talk] Need for more details on which incremental backup is restored

[edgar . soldin]

No, he's got a point. Users might assume they restore the date shown although 
there might be newer incrementals.
Anyway, i think we have more pressing issues.

ede/duply.net


On 06.11.2011 10:44, Chris Poole wrote:
> That seems pointless though, as the default restoration is that of the latest 
> backup, be it full or incremental.
> 
> On 5 Nov 2011, at 14:14, Olivier Berger <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Hi.
>>
>> When restoring, duplicity only mentions which full backup is last, and
>> so supposedly being restored.
>>
>> For instance, it says :
>>
>> $ duplicity file:///home/olivier/backups ~/tmp/restore/
>> Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
>> Last full backup date: Sat Nov  5 15:04:39 2011
>> GnuPG passphrase: xxxxxxxx
>>
>> even though it has (hopefully) restored the state of this full's latest
>> increments.
>>
>> In my case, there's :
>>
>> $ duplicity collection-status file:///home/olivier/backups 
>> Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
>> Last full backup date: Sat Nov  5 15:04:39 2011
>> Collection Status
>> -----------------
>> Connecting with backend: LocalBackend
>> Archive dir: /home/olivier/.cache/duplicity/f6a74e4d9c83bb62b2a7ad6b17424384
>>
>> Found 0 secondary backup chains.
>>
>> Found primary backup chain with matching signature chain:
>> -------------------------
>> Chain start time: Sat Nov  5 15:04:39 2011
>> Chain end time: Sat Nov  5 15:06:16 2011
>> Number of contained backup sets: 3
>> Total number of contained volumes: 4
>> Type of backup set:                            Time:      Num volumes:
>>                Full         Sat Nov  5 15:04:39 2011                 2
>>         Incremental         Sat Nov  5 15:05:39 2011                 1
>>         Incremental         Sat Nov  5 15:06:16 2011                 1
>> -------------------------
>> No orphaned or incomplete backup sets found.
>>
>>
>> So I would expect something like :
>> $ duplicity file:///home/olivier/backups ~/tmp/restore/
>> Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
>> Last full backup date: Sat Nov  5 15:04:39 2011
>> *Restoring from latest incremental Sat Nov  5 15:06:16 2011*
>> GnuPG passphrase: xxxxxxxx
>>
>> What do you think ?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -- 
>> Olivier BERGER 
>> http://www-public.it-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: 2048R/5819D7E8
>> Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
>> Institut TELECOM, SudParis (http://www.it-sudparis.eu/), Evry (France)
>>
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