[Bug 378218] [NEW] mirrordir does not create an exact mirror and does not report any error

Ploc ploc at acampado.net
Tue May 19 06:50:55 UTC 2009


Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mirrordir

I've been using mirrordir until last week where I found out that it was
buggy and that I had lost many files during my backup.

I then emailed the original author of mirrordir who told me that he had
not updated mirrordir since 10 years and that mirrordir was buggy.

The main bug is that mirrordir does not tell anything when he encounters
a problem preventing him from copying the file. This is in my opinion a
severe bug for a backup and mirroring tool. I've lost some files (and I
cannot easily tells which files are missing cause I formatted the
original disk

That's why I suggest to remove mirrordir from the debian and Ubuntu
repository. rsync or many other tool can do the same thing as mirrordir
in a more secure way. In fact, mirrordir appears to be no more supported
by anybody :
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mirrordir/+bug/57090>

Let me think what you think of it. You can contact the author (or his
friend) of mirrordir if you want some confirmation (I'm sorry but I lost
the mails they sent me).

** Affects: mirrordir (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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mirrordir does not create an exact mirror and does not report any error
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378218
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