Issue with backing up "/" and bup's "--strip-path /" option

[blueyed]

I've just noticed that backing up "/" appeared to strip off all paths of the first level.

This has been fixed in bup/bup@1e6960c - I don't know if it has regressed recently or has been like this for longer.

Maybe bup-cron could not use --strip-path when backing up /?

[anarcat]

oh boy, that old bug. i had tons of problems with --strip-path, but i thought they were all fixed. maybe it's because i just didn't notice the problem again.

i'm hesitant in adding workarounds for bup bugs in bup-cron. shouldn't we make people upgrade instead?

[blueyed]

i'm hesitant in adding workarounds for bup bugs in bup-cron. shouldn't we make people upgrade instead?

Agreed. But maybe a warning would be good, in case it's easy to detect this scenario.

[blueyed]

Maybe --strip-path could just be skipped if it's /?