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

[rdiff]

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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> >
> >
> > --
> > Greg Freemyer
> > The Norcross Group
> > Forensics for the 21st Century