Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 08:27:17PM -0500, Default User wrote: > Hi! [...] > Every night, I have been using rsync to copy from DRIVE1 to DRIVE2, > doing: > > time sudo rsync -avvv --human-readable --delete --numeric-ids > --info=progress2,stats2,name2 -- > exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/t

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread eben
On 1/18/25 22:21, Default User wrote: > Hi, Eben! > > I hate to sound stupid, but how would I do that. I have never used mkfs > before. I've never used LUKS before, so we're even. With a non-encrypted filesystem, you would unmount the partition mkfs -t whatever /dev/whatever mount it again

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread David Christensen
On 1/18/25 17:27, Default User wrote: Hi! I have two identical 4Tb usb external drives, Western Digital Model WDC WD40NDZW-11A8JS1. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Model 3511 (a very modest laptop), from early 2024, running Debian 12 Stable, always kept updated. Thank you for that info

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread Default User
Hi, Charles! Thanks for the reply. I will have to ponder that.

Re: Help with UDF and BluRay disks

2025-01-18 Thread Bob McGowan
Hello Thomas, On Sat, 2025-01-18 at 09:42 +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Bob McGowan wrote: > > > > I've been trying to figure out how to use my BD disc writer to > > > > create > > > > backups of files. > > > > I do this by Rock Ridge enhanced ISO 9660 on BD-R and BD-RE media, > >

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 20:36:42 -0500 Default User wrote: > So, back to the original question: what in the world am I supposed to > do to have rsync copy so that the size change in the two drives is > equal, and DRIVE2 has (theoretically) the same data, taking up the > same space, as DRIVE1? I sugg

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread Default User
Hi, Eben! I hate to sound stupid, but how would I do that. I have never used mkfs before.

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread eben
On 1/18/25 21:50, Default User wrote: > Hi Andy! > > Thanks for the reply. > > I may just delete everything on DRIVE2 overnight, Might be faster to mkfs than to rm *.

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread Default User
Hi Andy! Thanks for the reply. I may just delete everything on DRIVE2 overnight, and then try rsync with: time sudo rsync -aHSxvvv --human-readable --delete --numeric-ids -- info=progress2,stats2,name2 -- exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media /*","/lost+found"}

Re: rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Default, On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 08:36:42PM -0500, Default User wrote: > So, back to the original question: what in the world am I supposed to > do to have rsync copy so that the size change in the two drives is > equal, and DRIVE2 has (theoretically) the same data, taking up the same > space,

rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread Default User
Hi! I have two identical 4Tb usb external drives, Western Digital Model WDC WD40NDZW-11A8JS1. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Model 3511 (a very modest laptop), from early 2024, running Debian 12 Stable, always kept updated. The first drive, Drive 1, is my "backup drive". I backup daily u

rsync: source and destination drive data used sizes differ

2025-01-18 Thread Default User
Hi! I have two identical 4Tb usb external drives, Western Digital Model WDC WD40NDZW-11A8JS1. My computer is a Dell Inspiron 15 3000 Model 3511 (a very modest laptop), from early 2024, running Debian 12 Stable, always kept updated. The first drive, Drive 1, is my "backup drive". I backup daily u

Re: How upstream kernel version correlates to version from Debian?

2025-01-18 Thread Felix Miata
Alexander V. Makartsev composed on 2025-01-18 23:52 (UTC+0500): > I have stability issues (freezing) on my laptop running Debian 12 > (current stable), and, according to logs, the culprit is kernel module i915. > My kernel version: > $ uname -a > Linux hostname 6.1.0-30-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYN

Re: Help with UDF and BluRay disks

2025-01-18 Thread Bob McGowan
On Sat, 2025-01-18 at 14:25 -0500, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > Are you trying to script/automate? > > If not, just use xfburn (GUI). I'm writing Bluray 25GiB M-disks using > xfburn regularly (archiving a backups' snapshot directory on NAS). > > -- > Šarūnas Burdulis > Dartmouth Mathematics > https

Re: How upstream kernel version correlates to version from Debian?

2025-01-18 Thread George at Clug
Alexander, Do you have backports in your apt sources ? For example: # bookworm-backports, previously on backports.debian.org deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-fr

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread George at Clug
On Sunday, 19-01-2025 at 01:21 Nicolas George wrote: > Andy Smith (12025-01-18): > > One particular consequence of this process of making a stable release is > > that generally no new features will ever come to the packages in it. > > No new *features* is not the point of Debian stable, though,

Re: How upstream kernel version correlates to version from Debian?

2025-01-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:52:31 +0500 "Alexander V. Makartsev" wrote: > Things I've tried so far: > 1. Updated Intel graphics firmware to latest version available on > git.kernel.org I suggest you try the most recent backported kernel and firmware. https://backports.debian.org That is my usual fi

Re: Help with UDF and BluRay disks

2025-01-18 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > just use xfburn (GUI). Xfburn does indeed Blu-ray by help of libburn. But it does no UDF, because it uses libisofs for filesystem production. Insofar the result is supposed to be similar to the results of the xorriso runs which i proposed, but without MD5 checksums i

Re: [Pkg-pascal-devel] fpc_3.2.2+dfsg-36_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable

2025-01-18 Thread Abou Al Montacir
Hi, Please copy me on answers, I'm not subscribed to d-u@l.d.o. On Sat, 2025-01-18 at 15:25 +, Debian FTP Masters wrote: > Thank you for your contribution to Debian. > > Accepted: > > Format: 1.8 > Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 13:58:26 +0100 > Source: fpc > Architecture: source > Version: 3.2.2+d

Re: how to prevent evolution from archiving mails?

2025-01-18 Thread Andrii Kalashnykov
On Sat, 2025-01-18 at 11:16 +0100, hw wrote: > Hi, > > how can I prevent evolution from archiving emails? The last thing I > need is my MUA messing up my emails. > > I have already set the archive folder in the account settings to None > but it still keeps archiving emails. > > How do I disable th

Re: Help with UDF and BluRay disks

2025-01-18 Thread Sarunas Burdulis
Are you trying to script/automate? If not, just use xfburn (GUI). I'm writing Bluray 25GiB M-disks using xfburn regularly (archiving a backups' snapshot directory on NAS). -- Šarūnas Burdulis Dartmouth Mathematics https://math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas · https://useplaintext.email · OpenPGP_si

How upstream kernel version correlates to version from Debian?

2025-01-18 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
Hello, Debian users. I have stability issues (freezing) on my laptop running Debian 12 (current stable), and, according to logs, the culprit is kernel module i915. My kernel version: $ uname -a Linux hostname 6.1.0-30-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.1.124-1 (2025-01-12) x86_64 GNU/Linux

Re: What is going on with firefox

2025-01-18 Thread Richmond
I don't think anyone mentioned the command line option --new-instance firefox --new-instance Probably you should use it with --ProfileManager firefox --new-instance --ProfileManager Alternatively you can enter about:profiles in the location bar and start a new one from there. If firefox is slo

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 07:12:30PM +1100, George at Clug wrote: > > Thanks Roberto, and others who tried to explain Backporting, I will > need to read this and think about it for a while. > > To make comment, I stay away from FlatPacks (the MS world tried this > kind of technology once, I wonder

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread Nicolas George
Andy Smith (12025-01-18): > One particular consequence of this process of making a stable release is > that generally no new features will ever come to the packages in it. No new *features* is not the point of Debian stable, though, only a side effect. The point is: no changes in behavior. When

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread fxkl47BF
On Sat, 18 Jan 2025, Nicolas George wrote: > Andy Smith (12025-01-18): >> Why do you continue to post to this list > > Why do you continue replying? maybe pocket is an ai toy designed to annoy andy smith

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 02:53:23PM +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Andy Smith (12025-01-18): > > Why do you continue to post to this list > > Why do you continue replying? Sometimes in an attempt to understand Pocket's behaviour. I mean, I'm aware it's easy to just write it off as trolling.

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 12:14:16PM +1100, George at Clug wrote: > On Saturday, 18-01-2025 at 11:47 John Hasler wrote: > > In the case of rsync Debian backported a fix. Therefor it gets the old > > version number with a suffix to indicate that Debian patched it. In the > > case of chromium up

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread Nicolas George
Andy Smith (12025-01-18): > Why do you continue to post to this list Why do you continue replying? Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: A warning about rsync in stable: it became broken 3 days ago, is now fixed

2025-01-18 Thread Andy Smith
On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 10:57:53PM +0100, poc...@homemail.com wrote: > > From: "Andy Smith" > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 03:42:48AM +0100, poc...@homemail.com wrote: > > > > From: "Andy Smith" > > > > You can verify this at: > > > > > > > > https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-pa

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sat, Jan 18, 2025 at 03:19:16AM +0100, poc...@homemail.com wrote: > Oh I see you would rather stick your fingers in your ears and pretend all is > well. > > I determine what is right for me, you certainly don't Why do you continue to post to this list if you believe that there are Linux

how to prevent evolution from archiving mails?

2025-01-18 Thread hw
Hi, how can I prevent evolution from archiving emails? The last thing I need is my MUA messing up my emails. I have already set the archive folder in the account settings to None but it still keeps archiving emails. How do I disable this unwanted archiving entirely? signature.asc Description

Re: Help with UDF and BluRay disks

2025-01-18 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Bob McGowan wrote: > I've been trying to figure out how to use my BD disc writer to create > backups of files. I do this by Rock Ridge enhanced ISO 9660 on BD-R and BD-RE media, following this example from the man page of xorriso: xorriso \ -abort_on FATAL \ -for_backup -disk_dev_i

Re: Are Debian packages updated within a release?

2025-01-18 Thread George at Clug
Thanks Roberto, and others who tried to explain Backporting, I will need to read this and think about it for a while. To make comment, I stay away from FlatPacks (the MS world tried this kind of technology once, I wonder if they still do)? I prefer stability and hence Debian Stable with its "