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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: Re: Backing up a GuixSD system? rsnapshot doesn't seem to like the
	store.
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 15:13:14 +0100
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dian_cecht@zoho.com writes:

> On Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:56:28 +0100
> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m using borg for backups, but I haven’t tested backing up the store
>> itself because the state of my software environment is fully described
>> by the manifest and the guix version.
>
> Doesn't that mean the system can't be restored from the backups without
> having to reinstall the entire OS?

Yes.  In my case that’s an acceptable trade-off.

~~ Ricardo