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But does it work?
Authored by: dbs on Fri, Apr 25 2008 at 8:23AM PDT

This same approach worked just fine with 10.5.0, except for the little caveat that it failed when time machine needed to prune (delete) old backups to fit in new ones. Have you tested it with this to make sure it doesn't decide to erase your whole backup as it did in the past?

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Authored by: mkuron on Fri, Apr 25 2008 at 9:08AM PDT

I've been using something very similar for a couple months now (since the 10.5.2 release) and it works like a charm. Backing up, restoring files, thinning out old backups, ...

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Authored by: kuranuk on Fri, Apr 25 2008 at 8:21PM PDT

Evidently, there has been a fix to that very issue.
Again, your mileage may vary as this isn't officially sanctioned:

Time Machine Update Fixes Sparse Bundle Handling