GNU bug report logs - #47353
Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else will grow out of control

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 23:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Merged with 47352

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Numbered backups also need kept-new-versions else will grow out of
 control
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2021 07:43:01 +0800

Or (info "(coreutils) Backup options") should "admit" that "Numbered
backups need to be trimmed occasionally by the user, lest the fill up
the disk."
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 56 days ago.

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