Re: [BackupPC-users] Upgrade to 3.0.0 beta

[David R. <re...@os...>]

On Tue, 7 Nov 2006 11:57:09 -0800
David Rees wrote:

> On 11/7/06, Craig Barratt <cba...@us...> wrote:
> > I will do one more 3.0.0 beta by the end of this month.
> > That should be very close to the final 3.0.0 release.
> >
> > Even though the 3.0.0 beta releases are quite stable, given the
> > wide deployment of BackupPC I wanted to have a conservative beta
> > cycle.
> 
> I personally would like to see more frequent beta releases that
> quickly address any known issues.
> 
> Well, are there any known issues with the current beta? I would like
> to start testing 3.0, but IIRC there was some issues with the first
> beta so I was waiting for the 2nd one...
> 
> -Dave

I've been using 3.0.0 for a week or so and it seems to work fine.  That
being said, there are 2 caveats I think should be mentioned.

First, the default location for config files has changed.  The main
config file is in /etc/BackupPC and the individual host configs are
in /etc/BackupPC.  I assumed that the new version would migrate
from the old without incident.  Obviously I should have read the docs
more closely!

Second, which relates somewhat to the item above, is that the default
full backup count is 1 (one).  If, as happened to me, the install is
done and doesn't find the old config files, some old backups may be
deleted.

Craig:  might it not be a good idea to set the default backup count to
a big number to avoid this problem?

Regards,

David