Unsorted entries in PLIST files have generated a pkglint warning for at
least 12 years. Somewhat more recently, pkglint has learned to sort
PLIST files automatically. Since pkglint 5.4.23, the sorting is only
done in obvious, simple cases. These have been applied by running:
pkglint -Cnone,PLIST -Wnone,plist-sort -r -F
- A new bpluginfo utility tool
- Make dump_resource respect console ACL's (security fix)
- Add chio-changer-openbsd submitted in bug #1903
- Important Copy job bug fixed.
Major changes since 5.2.9:
- IPv6 networking should work correctly now
- SQL Counter problems resolved
- Bat hanging after running a number of jobs
- dbcheck rw_writelock problem
- Windows VSS restore bug
New Feature:
- Add rudimentary support for backing up AFS
More complete changelog at: http://www.bacula.org/en/?page=news
- Add lmgr_is_locked() function to test if a thread own a mutex
- Remove comment field added in last patch
- Check if sql backend is thread-safe
- Fix cancel crash reported by Stephen Thompson
- fix grant_postgresql_privileges doesn t grant permissions on jobhisto_jobid_seq
- Add lock position info to volume manager
- Permits to use lock manager with file/line from outside
- Replace ASSERT in block.c with fail Job
- Use uint32_t for max_concurrent_jobs
- Use file and line for rwlock and lmgr in db_lock()
- Add File and Line info to rw_lock for lmgr
- Fix database locking calling db_lock and returning from function without
calling db_unlock.
- Add missing db_unlock to bvfs_update_cache.
- Allow users to build bat without static QT if desired.
- Fix for qt mkspecs location on Fedora 12.
- Another fix for OpenSSLv1
- Add -lrt to Solaris links
- Fix tls.c for OpenSSLv1
- Fix plugin load not to stop if one plugin bad -- pointed out by James
- Remove --without-qwt from configure statement.
- Fix bug in bvfs_update function, should work much better now
- Lets not generate the ingres code automatically when the .sc or .sh files
changes as it seems these files get outdated on some systems and then this
rule kicks in on systems that don't have the esqlcc ingres compiler installed.
- Fix CentOS detection in regression get-os script
- Create subroutines to add exclusion for plugins
- This adds sql debugging to these classes that Eric wrote.
- This is a 1/2 fix of the issue. It allows for the sorting of the two non
graphic columns, but still does not allow for sorting the graphic columns.
The issue is with last. By setting the sort value, you are setting the value
on the last. To experiment with what I mean, use the set background that I
have commented out in this commit.
- Fix OpenSSL 1.x problem in crypto.c on Fedora 12
- Display AllowCompress warning message only if compression used in FileSet
- Added comment on dbi backend needing a recent version of libdbi from CVS as
the version currently released 0.8.3 wont work for compiling the code.
- Add Warning check to SQL
- Fix readline to use TERM_LIB found for conio
- Move bacula shared objects in separate bacula-libs package.
- Fix for termcap lib on suse.
- Fix for shared objects name convention change.
- Remove mandrive and suse bacula.spec from configure
- Fix compile link flags for gigaslam
- Add missing defines for gccver.
* We believe that we have resolved most of the problems
concerning canceled or failed jobs being "stuck" in the
Director. There is one outstanding problem in the SD when
canceling jobs that we will fix in the next major release.
If you see jobs that seem to be stuck, in general issuing
a cancel command in bconsole should now make them go away.
Directives:
* The default for "Allow Duplicate Jobs" has been changed from
no to yes. If you use this directive, please check your
conf file, and note the next two items!
* AllowHigherDuplicates disabled. It did not work as documented
and was confusing.
* New directive "CancelLowerLevelDuplicates" See New Features
section in the manual.
* Truncate on Purge rewritten. See New Features section in the manual.
* Bug fixes
* Ensure SD asks for help when looping even if poll set.
* Fix three-pool regress bug
* This version fixes an issue where the console window would start out
docked. It is fixed by initiating the variables in the Pages class wi
constructor.
* Fix make_catalog_backup.pl fails when catalog db is on other host
* Fix 1352 about double free with regexp and big filenames on windows
* Apply Graham's idea for recovering from disk full by recursing
when doing fixup_write_error ...
* Make fix for VirtualFull changing device
* Fix concurrent Job recycle bug 1288
* Backport part of one possible fix from bug 1346
* Fix bug 1382 newly created disk volumes -> file not found warning
* Fix Alpha ifdefing -- should fix bug 1359
* Use old code for selecting file during restore.
* tweak space on projects file
* Fix seg fault in ignoredir code
* Apply Frank's slash patch
* Add more info when SD-connection refused
* Fixes bug 1371 about segfault in SD
* Fixes bug 1355 Director crashes with double free in Accurate SQL query
* Fixes bug 1365 and 1366 about MacOSX resource forks.
* Fixes bug 1369 about "Exclude Dir Containing" fileset option
* Fixes bug 1368 ASSERT Failure on MacOS.
* Fixes bug 1364 and 1363 about compression buffer error.
* Fix 1323 about a problem when mounting a requested volume during a restore.
* Add more example SD Device configurations.
* Force the client_encoding to SQL_ASCII when database is already using this
mode.
* Fix 1335 about postgresql error message during copy session
* Cleanup old job records when starting the director (Created/Running -> Failed)
* Apply patch in bug 1315 by McMichaeli that fixes scripts/logwatch
* Add more output when spooling and no space left
* Fix postgresql driver bug that displayed <NULL> rows from time to time.
* Implement the project 'restore' menu: enter a JobId, automatically
select dependents
* Should fix 1323 about verify accurate jobs and deleted files.
* more...
* Bug fixes.
* Check for job_canceled() in fd_plugin code.
* Update Win32 table creation to have new DB version 11 format
* Remove illegal Options in Exclude of default Win32/64 bacula-dir.conf
* Remove "Reposition" message when restoring
* Update projects file
* Modify insertion of read Volumes in SD to be done before the
drive reservation. This ensures that a Volume to be read will not
be reserved for writing. Significant enhancement.
Changes 3.0.0:
* Fix Win32 make clean to clean correctly
* Separate object/binaries in Win32 and Win64 builds. More to be done.
* Add bconsole to Win64 installer.
* Enhance Job messages from SD when the FD->SD protocol is incorrect
and the SD hangs up. Previously this looked like a comm error.
* Fixed problem in xattr and acl code trying to send empty acl or xattr
streams.
* Fix for bug #1261 where we send out a null stream when a file only an
acl and xattr support is also turned on.
* Added some warnings to configure when using libtool and static in
one configure.
* Fix small memory leak in fileregexp bsr code
* Correct bacula32.def entry point as specified by James.
* Add code to FD plugin driver to make a copy of the plugin
filename to be saved to avoid save_file from zaping it.
* Directly mark all files saved by plugin as being seen for Accurate.
* more...
* Fix bug: inappropriate Volume purging.
* Modify sql_update.c to edit zeros rather than NULL in unset fields.
* Backport most recent changes to compat.h and compat.cpp
attempt to fix restore problem with accents in path. This
works in version 2.5.x but is not tested in 2.4.4.
* Create and apply 2.4.3-migrate2.patch, which fixes two bugs
- sql error when there are no files to migrate.
- Job catalog log is not migrated during migration.
* Remove extra db_lock() in get_prune_list_for_volume()
* Apply 2.4.3-prune-deadlock.patch that fixes a problem when
using Catalog as message backend.
* Apply 2.4.3-win32-runscript-unicode-path.patch for a problem when
executing a program with Unicode path.
* Apply 2.4.3-unique-inchanger.patch fix bad slot number if the volume
is not in autochanger.
* Fix for bug where Volume is purged while writing on it.
* Get message enhancement to avoid job name lookup.
* Fix bug with job name duplication if more than 60 jobs created
during a minute.
* Correct some bugs of cleanup in SD if the FD connection fails.
* Fix orphaned jobs (possible deadlock) while pruning.
* Backport of the btraceback script that keeps trace file on working dir
* Migrate DB Log records too.
* Modify SQL so that jobs that failed will not be migrated.
* Correct bug where long retention periods caused immediate pruning.
* Apply 2.4.2-cancel-non-running-jobs.patch to be able to cancel
a non created job faster.
* Fix typo in configure.in that breaks --with-db-password option
* Remove all double quotes from SQLite creating script and
replace by single quotes as suggested by John Huttley.
* Fix SQL case problem that may cause the failure of DiskToCatalog.
* Copy missing storage name into edit buffer. As far as I can tell
this never caused a bug.
* Remove catalog dependency for bcopy
* Modify catalog scripts to have an easier packaging integration,
using default variables.
Make difference between SQLite3 and SQLite in db_get_type()
job when reading from one autochanger and writing to another.
* Add more information to SD acquire.c INFO messages.
* Fix NULL Volume name error when reading and the drive must
be switched.
* Fix a Verify InitCatalog problem where in certain cases
a garbage filename may be entered in the verification database.
* Add space after version before date in bat about dialog.
* Fix seg fault in Dir during estimate command with no level value given.
* Add message to migration job when the target job is already migrated.
Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.0
Bacula code: Total files = 420 Total lines = 138,440 (*.h *.c *.in)
20,440 additional lines of code since version 1.36.3
Major Changes:
- Fixed out of order Volumes in restore.
- Improved algorithm for reserving drives in multiple drive
autochangers. Autochange users MUST use the new Autochanger
resource in the Storage daemon.
- There is a new database format that is not compatible
with previous databases. You must upgrade if converting
from 1.36.x. No changes from version 1.37.30.
- The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
- Support for ANSI/IBM labels.
- Faster database inserts due to combining the MD5/SHA1 into
the attributes record, eliminating one INSERT/file backed up.
- Python Event support has been added. See below for
configuration and details. The implementation is somewhat minimal,
so the functionality is not complete. The Python interface
has not been extensively tested, so please consider it BETA.
- DVD writing support, using parts, and some new directives in
the Device resource of the Storage configuration file thanks
to Nicolas Boichat. Please note that this code is still
BETA and should be carefully tested before using in
production.
- Seven new options keywords in a FileSet resource:
ignorecase, fstype, hfsplussupport, wilddir, wildfile, regexdir,
and regexfile thanks to Pruben Guldberg). See below for details.
- Restore of all files for a Job or set of jobs even if the file
records have been removed from the catalog.
- Restore of a directory (non-recursive, i.e. only one level).
- Support for TLS (ssl) between all the daemon connections thanks
to Landon Fuller.
- Any Volume in the Pool named Scratch may be reassigned to any
other Pool when a new Volume is needed.
- You may clone a Job and thus write (almost) the same data
to multiple Volumes simultaneously (see below). Actually,
any Job may start any other Job with this mechanism, so it
also be used to group jobs.
- Unicode filename support for Win32 (thanks to Thorsten Engel)
- Volume Shadow Copy support for Win32 thus the capability to
backup exclusively opened files (thanks to Thorsten Engel).
A VSS enabled Win32 FD is available. You must explicitly
turn on VSS with "Enable VSS = yes" in your FileSet resource.
- New manual format with an index (thanks to Karl Cunningham).
- New Web site format (thanks to Michael Scherer).
- SQLite3 support.
- Web-bacula, previously a separate project by Juan Luis Frances,
is now included in the Bacula GUI release. This is a management
level tool for reporting the state of Bacula jobs.
- The code is now Internationalized so that it can be localized
in native languages. Thanks to Nicolas Boichat.
New Directives:
- New Job directive "Prefer Mounted Volumes = yes|no" causes the
SD to select either an Autochanger or a drive with a valid
Volume already mounted in preference. If none is available,
it will select the first available drive.
- New Run directive in Job resource of DIR. It permits
cloning of jobs. To clone a copy of the current job, use
Run = "job-name level=%l since=\"%s\""
Note, job-name is normally the same name as the job that
is running but there is no restriction on what you put. If you
want to start the job by hand and use job overrides such as
storage=xxx, realize that the job will be started with the
default storage values not the overrides. The level=%l guarantees
that the chosen level of the job is the same, and the since=...
ensures that the job uses *exactly* the same time/date for incremental
and differential jobs. The since=... is ignored when level=Full.
A cloned job will not start additional clones, so it is not possible
to recurse.
- New Options keywords in a FileSet directive (backported to 1.36.3):
- WildDir xxx
Will do a wild card match against directories (files will not
be matched).
- WildFile xxx
Will do a wild card match against files (directories will not
be matched).
- RegexDir xxx
Will do a regular expression match against directories (files
will not be matched).
- RegexFile xxx
Will do a regular expression match against files( directories
will not be matched).
- IgnoreCase = yes | no
Will ignore case in wild card and regular expression matches.
This is handy for Windows where filename case is not significant.
- FsType = string
where string is a filesystem type: ext2, jfs, ntfs, proc,
reiserfs, xfs, usbdevfs, sysfs, smbfs, iso9660. For ext3
systems, use ext2. You may have multiple fstype directives
and thus permit multiple filesystem types. If the type
specified on the fstype directive does not match the
filesystem for a particular directive, that directory will
not be backed up. This directive can be used to prevent
backing up non-local filesystems.
- HFS Plus Support = yes | no
If set, Mac OS X resource forks will be saved and restored.
- Label Type = ANSI | IBM | Bacula
Implemented in Director Pool resource and in SD Device resource.
If it is specified in the SD Device resource, it will take
precedence over the value passed from the Director to the SD.
- Check Labels = yes | no
Implemented in the SD Device resource. If you intend to read
ANSI or IBM labels, this *must* be set. Even if the volume
is not ANSI labeled, you can set this to yes, and Bacula will
check the label type.
- Scripts Directory = <directory> name. Defines the directory from
which Bacula scripts will be called for events. In fact, Bacula
appends this name to the standard Python list of search directories,
so the script could also be in any of the Python system directories.
- In FileSet, you can exclude backing up of hardlinks (if you have
a lot, it can be very expensive), by using:
HardLinks = no
in the Options section. Patch supplied by David R Bosso. Thanks.
- MaximumPartSize = bytes (SD, Device resource)
Defines the maximum part size.
- Requires Mount = Yes/No (SD, Device resource)
Defines if the device require to be mounted to be read, and if it
must be written in a special way. If it set, the following directives
must be defined in the same Device resource:
+ Mount Point = directory
Directory where the device must be mounted.
+ Mount Command = name-string
Command that must be executed to mount the device. Before the command
is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and %m with the
Mount Point.
+ Unmount Command = name-string
Command that must be executed to unmount the device. Before the
command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, and
%m with the Mount Point.
+ Write Part Command = name-string
Command that must be executed to write a part to the device. Before
the command is executed, %a is replaced with the Archive Device, %m
with the Mount Point, %n with the current part number (0-based),
and %v with the current part filename.
+ Free Space Command = name-string
Command that must be executed to check how much free space is left
on the device. Before the command is executed, %a is replaced with
the Archive Device, %m with the Mount Point, %n with the current part
number (0-based), and %v with the current part filename.
- Write Part After Job = Yes/No (DIR, Job Resource, and Schedule Resource)
If this directive is set to yes (default no), a new part file will be
created after the job is finished.
- A pile of new Directives to support TLS. Please see the TLS chapter
of the manual.
New Commands:
- "python restart" restarts the Python interpreter. Rather brutal, make
sure no Python scripts are running. This permits you to change
a Python script and get Bacula to use the new script.
New configure options:
- --with-libintl-prefix for defining alternate locations for
the NLS internationalization libraries. Not normally required.
- --datadir for defining where the language files will be installed
required only if you do not want the default /usr/share.
Items to note!!!
- If you use an Autochanger, you MUST update your SD conf file
to use the new Autochanger resource. Otherwise, certain commands
such as "update slots" may not work.
- You must add --with-python=[DIR] to the configure command line
if you want Python support. Python 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 should be
automatically detected if in the standard place.
- When linking with --with-python, there are a few warnings that
can be ignored.
- You must either create a new catalog database or upgrade your
old database. After installation, run from your scripts
directory:
./upgrade_bacula_tables
You can also find this script in the <bacula-source>/src/cats
directory.
- The Director, Storage daemon, and File daemons are
Deamons are not compatible with prior versions.
All FDs must be upgraded at the same time.
- You must add --with-openssl to the configure command line if
you want TLS communications encryption support.
- Disk seeking during restores does not yet work correctly in
all cases, so it is turned off.
- Note, with gcc (GCC) 4.0.1 20050727 (Red Hat 4.0.1-5) on an
AMD64 CPU running 64 bit CentOS4, there is a compiler bug that
generates bad code that causes Bacula to segment fault.
Typically you will see this in the Storage daemon first. The
solution is to compile Bacula ensuring that no optimization is
turned on (normally it is -O2).
Other Items:
- Security fixes for temp files created in mtx-changer, during
./configure, and during making of Rescue disk.
- A new script, dvd-handler, in the scripts directory,
which is designed to be used as parameters to Write Part Command and
Free Space Command. They need the dvd+rw-tools to be installed
(http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/) AND, the growisofs
program must be patched using the
<bacula-source>/patches/dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8.bacula.patch
You must have Python installed to run the scripts.
- Part files support: File volumes can now be split into multiple
files, called "parts".
- For the details of the Python scripting support, please see the new
Python Scripting chapter in the manual.