Package: debianutils
Version: 1.16.7
Severity: normal
i can't test unstable right now, but the testing version of savelog
i just tried destroyed my data. i was running it on a huge file when
i remembered that i wanted to do something else before chugging it
away, so i ctrl-c'd the process, which left me with the original and
the rotated .0 version, both of which had zero size. if you ask me,
that's bad.
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Subject: Re: Bug#186153: savelog: killing causes data loss
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:58:13 -0500
> i can't test unstable right now, but the testing version of savelog
> i just tried destroyed my data. i was running it on a huge file when
> i remembered that i wanted to do something else before chugging it
> away, so i ctrl-c'd the process, which left me with the original and
> the rotated .0 version, both of which had zero size. if you ask me,
> that's bad.
Yes, there's no signal trapping done.
also sprach Clint Adams <[email protected]> [2003.03.27.2158 +0100]:
> > i can't test unstable right now, but the testing version of savelog
> > i just tried destroyed my data. i was running it on a huge file when
> > i remembered that i wanted to do something else before chugging it
> > away, so i ctrl-c'd the process, which left me with the original and
> > the rotated .0 version, both of which had zero size. if you ask me,
> > that's bad.
>
> Yes, there's no signal trapping done.
does that mean that you will address this at one point in time?
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Subject: Re: Bug#186153: savelog: killing causes data loss
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:08:34 -0500
> does that mean that you will address this at one point in time?
Hopefully someone else will submit a patch before I get to it.
It's unclear to me exactly what should happen should someone Ctrl-C.
also sprach Clint Adams <[email protected]> [2003.03.27.2208 +0100]:
> Hopefully someone else will submit a patch before I get to it.
I would, but I am really pressed for time. Maybe when April has
passed.
> It's unclear to me exactly what should happen should someone Ctrl-C.
It should just leave things in place. The rotations should be
undone. So the worst case is when the oldest rotation has already
fallen off and can't be restored. I supposed one could guard against
that case.
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Subject: Re: Bug#186153: savelog: killing causes data loss
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:33:37 -0500
> It should just leave things in place. The rotations should be
> undone. So the worst case is when the oldest rotation has already
> fallen off and can't be restored. I supposed one could guard against
> that case.
All the rotations? What happens if there's a Ctrl-C while it's
"rewinding"?
also sprach Clint Adams <[email protected]> [2003.03.27.2233 +0100]:
> All the rotations? What happens if there's a Ctrl-C while it's
> "rewinding"?
either you block control-C during the forward process (just ignore
it), or you do something along the lines of what i layed out and
ignore ctrl-C when it's rewinding.
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