Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup 1.1.10 released

[dean gaudet]

no no i'm waiting for other people to test :)  i've got too much to do as 
it is.

-dean

On Thu, 17 May 2007, address@hidden wrote:

> On Tue, 15 May 2007, dean gaudet wrote:
> 
> > i'd also like to know if there are any folks doing large backups with
> > 1.1.x:  a few million files minimum, 0.5 TB+, non-zero quantities of
> > hardlinks...
> > 
> > as i mentioned i'm still using 1.0.5 and probably won't switch soon, so
> > i'm relying on the community to provide enough proof that 1.1.x is
> > actually stable.
> 
> Dean,
> 
> If you have large 1.0.5 repositories, can you test upgrades to 1.1.x from
> 1.0.5 and see what kind of metadata needs fixed up?  Regression procedure
> which comes to mind is:
> 
>   rdiff-backup-1.1.x /some/data /backup/1.0.5-data/
> <ctrl-c before it finishes, check it, run again and let it finish>
>   rdiff-backup-1.1.x --check-destination-dir /backup/1.0.5-data/
>   rdiff-backup-1.1.x /some/data /backup/1.0.5-data/
> <test to see if we can restore from 1.1.x data after a 1.1.x backup>
>   rdiff-backup-1.1.x -r 0B /backup/1.0.5-data/some/directory /restore0/
> <test to see if we can restore from 1.0.5 backups after a 1.1.x backup>
>   rdiff-backup-1.1.x -r 2B /backup/1.0.5-data/some/directory /restore1/
> 
> If that procedure succeeds on a few large data sets, then I might be willing
> to take the leap.  I half-expect metadata warnings/errors which will need
> fixedup.
> 
> -Eric
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > -dean
> > 
> > On Tue, 15 May 2007, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > 
> > > Dean,
> > > 
> > > Once enough time has gone by to move this to stable on the front page
> > > please post another e-mail.
> > > 
> > > FYI: I tried to get OpenSUSE factory to update to 1.1.10, but they
> > > said no because it was a devel/unstable release.
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > > Greg
> > > 
> > > On 5/13/07, dean gaudet <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > i realised i'd moved my rdiff-backup mail folder after linux-kernel in
> > > > my
> > > > tab list... and hadn't got past linux-kernel in months.  oops.
> > > > 
> > > > better late than never.
> > > > 
> > > > as before, i haven't tested it (i'm still using 1.0.5), i'm just
> > > > releasing
> > > > it because there was a request for a new release.
> > > > 
> > > > -dean
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > New in v1.1.10 (2007/05/12)
> > > > ---------------------------
> > > > 
> > > > New --exclude-if-present option (i.e. --exclude-if-present .nobackup).
> > > > (Jeff Strunk).
> > > > 
> > > > Use signal 0 rather than signal.NSIG when testing if another
> > > > rdiff-backup
> > > > is still running.  (Patch from Sébastien Maret)
> > > > 
> > > > Sockets don't have extended attributes -- don't try to access them.
> > > > (Patch from Andrew Ferguson.)
> > > > 
> > > > Fix restore from read-only bug -- rx perms on a repository directory are
> > > > enough, no need for write perms when restoring.  (patch from Andrew
> > > > Price)
> > > > 
> > > > Fix --list-increments bug in set_must_escape_dos_devices.
> > > > (Marc Dyksterhouse)
> > > > 
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > Wiki URL:
> > > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Greg Freemyer
> > > The Norcross Group
> > > Forensics for the 21st Century
>