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From: "Dipl.-Ing. Michael Niederle" <mniederle-RbZlAiThDcE@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: Snapshot
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:52:34 +0200
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Cc: Stephane Krikorian <rastaman-QFKgK+z4sOrR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>

Hi, Stephane!

> 1/ I take a snapshot
> 2/ I apply a patch
> 3/ I test my application
> 4/ I decide to revert to the state of the snapshot discarding the changes 
> caused by the patch and subsequent testing.

>Is it possible since snaphots can only be mounted R/O ? Do I have to rsync 
> my R/O snapshot with my partition ? Thanks for enlightning me.
> Stephane

Currently you cannot revert to a previous snapshot. Due to information from
Ryusuke Konishi the current data structures don't support this.

So for now you will have to rely on rsync or a similar tool.

Greetings, Michael