Hello, On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:35:25PM +0100, Gabor Gombas wrote: > Package: unison > Version: 2.13.16-4 > Severity: critical > Justification: causes serious data loss > > > Hi, > > I'm regularly replicating my home directory to an USB harddisk using > unison. This morning the USB drive got disconnected during the > synchronization (hw error). Instead of noticing that one of the replica > roots have completely disappeared and aborting, unison started to delete > large amounts of data from my home directory. Luckily I could restore > most of it, but this behaviour makes unison unsuitable as a serious > synchronization tool. > > Possible solution: unison should do a stat() on the replica roots before > delete operations and if the st_dev field changes (i.e. the file system > containing the replica is unmounted or is over-mounted) it should abort > the synchronization. This is not a complete solution as it does not > protect from e.g. bind mounts, but it would at least cover the > "removable device fails causing the mount to go away" case. > > Gabor >
Was it during the synchronisation phase (when effectively doing operation) or before (when calculating changes) ? I think, it is the first case, and in this case, i agree : it a real problem. Kind regard Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
