[Unison-hackers] Upgrade the unison stable version
Benjamin Pierce
bcpierce at cis.upenn.edu
Fri Oct 6 14:16:23 EDT 2006
>>> Another suggestion: Document the fact that Unison is not safe to use
>>> with removable media without a backup preference. And/Or: Recommend,
>>> that the user should place the unison directory (with his archive
>>> files)
>>> on the removable disk itself.
>>
>> This is not a sufficient fix: If the removable device goes offline
>> *while* Unison is checking for updates (but after it has read the
>> archive), unfortunate behavior will still result.
>
> Your're right. :-(
>
> Then, consider to check the existence of archive files again _after_
> looking for updates. This should works, if these files are stored
> on the
> USB-device, and it's should not to hard to implement.
Yes, this would be more effective. But it depends on putting the
archives on the removable device. I like the other proposed fix better.
- Benjamin
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