Re: Disk mirroring

[Peter S Galbraith <GalbraithP@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>]

I wrote:
 
> I wrote:
> 
> > badoual loic wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 04:22:56PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote:
> > > > It would be great if the copying is done incrementally (copy the newer
> > > > files only).
> > > 
> > > cpbk is good for that
> > 
> > Looks like an interesting package, but this bug worries me:
> > 
> >  http://bugs.debian.org/63955
> > 
> > $ sudo cpbk -r -n /dev /tmp/dev
> > $ ls -la /dev/fd0 /tmp/dev/fd0
> > brw-rw----    1 root     floppy     2,   0 May 14 11:30 /dev/fd0
> > -rw-rw----    1 root     floppy          0 May 14 11:30 /tmp/dev/fd0
> >  
> > The original is a block device, but the copy is not.
> 
> This is fixed upstream in version 4.1.0
> See http://www.enjoy.ne.jp/~gm/program/cpbk/
> 
> There's a deb package there which I recommend since Debian
> unstable doesn't have this version yet.  However, the software is
> still buggy wrt file permissions:
> 
> $ sudo cpbk /dev /tmp/dev
> Searching source files and building lists... Done
> Searching destination files and building lists... Done
> Comparing files and generating order lists... Done
> 
> $ ls -la /dev/fd0 /tmp/dev/fd0
> brw-rw----    1 root     floppy     2,   0 May 14 11:30 /dev/fd0
> brw-r-----    1 root     floppy     2,   0 May 14 11:30 /tmp/dev/fd0
> 
> :-(
> 
> But upstream is working on it. :-)

Okay... Been in contact with upstream and he just fixed it!
I tried the fix and it solved the problem for me.
Look for an updated release soon!

Peter