Hello, On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:30:35AM +0530, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > tags 349674 upstream > thanks > > Hello, > > As reported in Debian bug #349674 which can be seen at > > http://bugs.debian.org/349674 > > Unison has problems when the file system is removed from under it. > > For example, here is the result of my experiment. > > Setup: A USB drive is mounted at /media/fakehd0 > /media/fakehd0/a and /tmp/b are directories > that have already been synchronised by unison > in the past. > > Experiment: > Run the command > unison -batch -logfile /tmp/test.log /media/fakehd0/a /tmp/b > and unplug the USB drive from the machine before the > synchronisation can complete. > > Result: > The files on /tmp/b that were not synchronised before > the unplugging are deleted. > > In the logfile we see that there is an I/O error > recorded by unison before this problem occurs. > > Real World Scenario: > USB and floppy media are known to fail "mysteriously" > while they are being used. A problem like that above > could lead to a "backup" procedure deleting files > instead of backing them up! > > Possible solution: > unison should abort on I/O errors. > > Thanks and regards, >
I see, you submitted the bug directly upstream... very well and thanks. I hope it will be fixed in the next upstream release (but i think i will backport changes to the current unison package). Kind regard Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
