From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: btrfs and Guix features [was: gnu: next: Compress the executable.] Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 19:48:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87d0fft4x7.fsf@nckx> References: <20190905095602.15524.75425@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20190905095603.AC57A209A5@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <874l1qgc1j.fsf@elephly.net> <871rwuc3es.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87blvu32qm.fsf@gnu.org> <878sqxq4ga.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <875zm0co0t.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87h85ipo14.fsf@gnu.org> <87muf9n8sc.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <8736gw6xrh.fsf@gnu.org> <87y2yonng4.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87k19tg63u.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87v9tcm8ws.fsf@gnu.org> <87d0fjb5hi.fsf@gmail.com> <87a7an8bfy.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87eezv9oo8.fsf@gmail.com> <87y2y3fa39.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <87lfu3t9yy.fsf@nckx> <87k19nf6s5.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42827) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iFijV-0007Ck-R9 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:48:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFijU-0006Hg-2D for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:48:13 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:7405::1]:43020) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iFijS-0006Fg-Ck for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 02 Oct 2019 13:48:11 -0400 In-reply-to: <87k19nf6s5.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pierre, Pierre Neidhardt =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A > Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > >> Generations also don't allow you to btrfs send/receive, which I=20 >> think was Maxim's main point. If there's another KISSy way to=20 >> back up whole Guix Systems over the Internet, I don't know of=20 >> it=20 >> (rsync can't, nor can borg or restic or=E2=80=A6, and everything else=20 >> is=20 >> too much work :o). > > Question: What is the point of backing up a Guix system if the > config.scm suffices? I did blatantly invite that question, didn't I :-) > Is there something that is not contained in config.scm? So. much. state. =E2=80=98Oh, right, /etc/networkmanager's gone now. Let me get my=20 notebook with passwords. Oh, that reminds me: all user passwords=20 are empty, have to change that ASAP. Phew. Oh, I have to=20 reinstall my printer, good thing I have time for that while people=20 are angrily calling me about deadlines. What's this about changed=20 SSH host ke=E2=80=94=E2=80=99 That's trivial stuff I thought of while writing, and it already=20 adds up to minutes of human work (=3Ddowntime). All at the most=20 inconvenient and stressful time. Now multiply that by the number=20 of things I forgot. I don't consider a back-up that can't be restored while drunk a=20 back-up. > [=E2=80=A6] time, of course! ;) I've learnt the hard way over the years that, for me, nothing else=20 matters. =E2=99=AA, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEfo+u0AlEeO9y5k0W2Imw8BjFSTwFAl2U4tQACgkQ2Imw8BjF STylvhAAjxINtN7xKzCgJMPCJBqOrw0svOnYiTd/ZazaGIMj2HC0VFNCBimvhPvB 8c3qIs9WME40K2K5AMCOl+iC67Z0mtbWPG46qzMR298/0inqvs+DFbhVKkNE9mWg hIR5c0b+o4L9ALbAULTqQtbhTf16r04uXjnxNQGBMnAtKPeWgy4f4bjDZ2Ol1Vc6 uKp5JDprSF9AFDiuDqL4iYgG6Y7/xiFkbXrxBpHxS5ngoEkc4C/1fn7NAWCih/e7 8bgWUZASra9D8wBQy5boiVj47OVM2wtH40I8eFVec94p+M528afEXcJc6nltFBe7 ctVJOsYQFJwlSpZJlXs0p7vmKeVRLAvi0nv421V42WKNFQdY+UndZWbQ6fFHe5KF 0EkG1mN6fihyd4aHWvXJm3VmF6ipSTtfRrIWcmLMSvVZEhaYlwMIEi4RA0NbUUxX tiszqx4b0DsWiwbiPG83/tPrDwLwtQpMor5+ESK/QHsIfGvNZl2R2yC75tbK80pP qAvk0MmCoeHsyPTZeUHF44Nnz8qRF9B7GORrW3uohXGD4O8TkM7XOnpleeTyONdw C7epUS1FZxw1WxImBXLLtw9VVzKi/wudliq448gs/WPlXzDg4orGB1zf7K2881/Y 5fNkwc4Ja5p4qqYuml3M9SCZGK6/nnEr+95Dt9ghfGehBwmjoKM= =XIMU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--