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bin/60526: dump(8) should warn before dumping r/w file systems w/o snapshot
>Number: 60526
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: dump(8) should warn before dumping r/w file systems w/o snapshot
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Aug 01 17:45:00 +0000 2026
>Originator: Taylor R Campbell
>Release: current, 11, 10, 9, ..., 2
>Organization:
Acme Backup Dump Truck Crashes LLC
>Environment:
>Description:
dump(8) has -X and -x <snapdir> to make dumping from snapshots easy.
However, it is also easy to accidentally dump a live r/w file system.
Perhaps dump(8) should warn, or require an extra option, before doing that.
And perhaps it can suggest using -X/-x to make that more discoverable.
>How-To-Repeat:
dump -0af /backups/root.dump /
>Fix:
Yes, please.
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