Backuppc v4.3.2 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-02-17 // about 4 years ago
  • ๐Ÿš€ This release contains several bug fixes and a few minor features:

    • ๐Ÿ”€ Merged pull requests #278, #281, #289, #295, #297, #307, #308, #311, #312, #313, #314.
    • โž• Added per-host read/write exclusivity to worker programs, so command-line programs don't collide with backups or other operations; reported by @hamster65 (issue #299)
    • โž• Added $Conf{RsyncIncrArgsExtra} (issue #284)
    • โž• Added $Conf{ClientShareName2Path}, which allows mapping of share names/path to real paths on the client (eg, to backup a snapshot that's in a different directory to the share name path)
    • Fixed v3 digest calculation in bin/BackupPC_backupDuplicate and bin/BackupPC_migrateV3toV4; reported by @palmtop (issue #291)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved handling of BackupPC_nightly running for more than 24 hours: drop next queued run, and provide better log messages; reported by @guestisp (issue #303)
    • ๐Ÿ‘Œ Improved error checking on $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod}, and update $Info->{NightlyPhase} if it's larger than $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod}; reported by @guestisp (issue #304)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixed warnings in bin/BackupPC, submitted by @moisseev (#278)
    • โšก๏ธ Avoid rrd updates using the same time stamp, submitted by @moisseev (#311, issue #305)
    • โœ‚ Removed unused counting of renamed files, submitted by @moisseev (#281)
    • ๐Ÿ“œ Make tar xfer output parsing compatible with FreeBSD tar, submitted by @haarp (#289)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fix daemon stdin open to read mode, submitted by @moisseev (#308)
    • Hosts config editor table layout CGI fix, submitted by @steven-de-wit (#297)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixes to French translation, submitted by @pjoubert- (#295)
    • ๐Ÿ›  Fixes to Italian translation, submitted by @guestisp (#314)
    • โšก๏ธ Updated comments for Apache 2.4 config in httpd/src/BackupPC.conf, submitted by @NotAProfessionalDeveloper (#307)
    • ๐Ÿ“š Documentation update for SCGI prerequisite, submitted by @guestisp (#312)
    • ๐Ÿ“š Documentation update for nginx config, submitted by @guestisp (#313)