Backuppc v3.1.0.beta1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2007-10-21 // over 16 years ago
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    • When there is an existing partial, a new partials is only saved if it has more files than the existing partial. Requested by Carl Soderstrom.

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed handling of $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} for tar XferMethod. Patch supplied by Frans Pop.

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed numeric column sorting in host summary table, reported by Michael Pellegrino.

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed host CGI editor so it creates the new host's config.pl file using the lower-case host name, since host names are mapped to lower case when they are read from the hosts file. Reported by Alexander Onic.

    • ๐Ÿ“š Applied documentation patches from Frans Pop. Also updated Pod::Html to improve documentation formatting.

    • โž• Added Polish translation from Semper.

    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed BackupPC_nightly reporting of repeated pool file hashes.

    • โž• Add run-time check that IO::Dirent is functioning correctly, reported by Doug Lytle.

    • โž• Added comment to Cmd settings in conf/config.pl that they are not executed by a shell, as suggested by Erik van Linstee.

    • โž• Added undefIfEmpty => 1 to lib/BackupPC/Config/Meta.pm for RsyncRestoreArgs, TarClientRestoreCmd and SmbClientRestoreCmd so that restores can be disabled by clear these fields in the CGI editor. Patch supplied by Stephen Joyce

    • ๐Ÿ™‹ Replaced the FAQ link with Wiki in the navigation bar and added mention of the Wiki to the documentation. Since these navigation bar links are specified in the config file, upgrades will keep the old FAQ link. The FAQ opening page will have a prominent link to the Wiki.

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