Fwd: [GSoC] migration

[Umesh Singla]

Forwarding this to macports-dev.

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From: Umesh Singla <umeshksingla at gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [GSoC] migration
To: db <iamsudo at gmail.com>


Hi


> > Snapshot and restore should be able to be executed without migrate.
>
> I have a question and I haven't been following in detail this GSoC, so
> bear with me.
>
> Could snapshot and restore be used to rollback to a previous state in case
> a sync and upgrade outdated fails or installs a port that doesn't work
> properly and without reinstalling all non-relevant (unchanged) ports?


Unless we have a snapshot of the previous state, that is, before it got
hampered.

But then again, we reinstall all the ports presently. At this time, it
could be hard for me to detect what went wrong while sync or upgrade.

Thanks,
Umesh
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