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Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
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Joomla! version: 2.5.14
PHP version: 5.3.27
MySQL version: (unknown)
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Akeeba Backup version: 3.8.1

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Description of my issue:

Since Akeeba Backup 3.8.0 the Akeeba Installer seems to be backing up the Default Backup Location /components/akeeba/backup/ when updating Akeeba Backup. Since that can take some time, it's probably not intentional. Thank you for the greatest components around, and thank you for supporting Joomla!

You are correct, the default backup folder is being backed up by the restore point backup. You need to disable the System - Restore Points plugin to avoid this while updating Akeeba Backup. It is intentional, but not desirable. It has to do with some recent changes to the Framework on Framework layer in preparation for Joomla! 3.2. At this point in time, it can't be fixed.

Dale