[BackupPC-devel] BackupPC 4.4.0 released

[Craig B. <cba...@us...>]

BackupPC 4.4.0 <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/releases/tag/4.4.0> has
been released on Github.

This release contains several new features and some bug fixes. New features
include:

   - any full/filled backup can be marked for keeping, which prevents any
   expiry or deletion
   - any backup can be annotated with a comment (eg, "prior to upgrade of
   xyz")
   - added metrics CGI (thanks to @jooola <https://github.com/jooola>) that
   replaces RSS and adds Prometheus support
   - tar XferMethod now supports xattrs and acls
   - rsync XferMethod now correctly supports xattrs on directories and
   symlinks
   - nightly pool scanning now verifies the md5 digests of a configurable
   fraction of pool files
   - code runs through perltidy so format is now uniform (thanks to @jooola
   <https://github.com/jooola>, with help from @shancock9
   <https://github.com/shancock9> and @moisseev
   <https://github.com/moisseev>)

New versions of BackupPC::XS (0.62
<https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc-xs/releases/tag/0.62>) and rsync-bpc (
3.0.9.15 <https://github.com/backuppc/rsync-bpc/releases/tag/3.0.9.15>,
3.1.2.2 <https://github.com/backuppc/rsync-bpc/releases/tag/3.1.2.2> or
3.1.3beta0 <https://github.com/backuppc/rsync-bpc/releases/tag/3.1.3beta1>)
are required.

Thanks to Jeff Kosowsky for extensive testing and debugging for this
release, particularly around xattrs.

Enjoy!

Craig

Here are the more detailed changes:

   - Merged pull requests #325
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/325>, #326
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/326>, #329
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/329>, #330
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/330>, #334
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/334>, #336
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/336>, #337
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/337>, #338
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/338>, #342
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/342>, #343
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/343>, #344
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/344>, #345
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/345>, #347
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/347>, #348
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/348>, #349
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/349>
   - Filled/Full backups can now be marked as "keep", which excludes them
   from any expiry/deletion. Also, a backup-specific comment can be added to
   any backup to capture any important information about that backup (eg,
   "pre-upgrade of xyz").
   - Added metrics CGI, which adds Prometheus support and replaces RSS, by
   @joola <https://github.com/joola> (#344
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/344>, #347
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/347>)
   - Tar XferMethod now supports xattrs and acls; xattrs should be
   compatible with rsync XferMethod, but acls are not
   - Sort open directories to top when browsing backup tree
   - Format code using perltidy, and included in pre-commit flow, by @joola
   <https://github.com/joola> (#334
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/334>, #337
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/337>, #342
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/342>, #343
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/343>, #345
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/345>). Thanks to @joola
   <https://github.com/joola> and @shancock9
<https://github.com/shancock9> (perltidy
   author) for significant effort and support, plus improvements in perltidy,
   to make this happen.
   - Added $Conf{PoolNightlyDigestCheckPercent}, which checks the md5
   digest of this fraction of the pool files each night.
   - $Conf{ClientShareName2Path} is saved in backups file and the share to
   client path mapping is now displayed when you browse a backup so you know
   the actual client backup path for each share, if different from the share
   name
   - configure.pl now checks the per-host config.pl in a V3 upgrade to warn
   the user if $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} or $Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} are used
   for that host, so that the new settings $Conf{RsyncSshArgs} and
   $Conf{RsyncClientPath} can be manually updated.
   - Fixed host mutex handling for dhcp hosts; shifted initial mutex
   requests to client programs
   - Updated webui icon, logo and favicon, by @moisseev
   <https://github.com/moisseev> (#325
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/325>, #326
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/326>, #329
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/329>, #330
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/330>)
   - Added $Conf{RsyncRestoreArgsExtra} for host-specific restore settings
   - Language files are now all use utf8 charsets
   - Bumped required version of BackupPC::XS to 0.62 and rsync-bpc to
   3.0.9.15.
   - Ping failure message only written to stdout only if verbose
   - BackupPC_backupDelete removes partial v3 backup in HOST/new; fixes #324
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/324> reported by @thalueng
   <https://github.com/thalueng>
   - BackupPC_backupDelete adds -f option to over keep, if set
   - BackupPC_nightly: change -f to -F when running BackupPC_refCountUpdate
   during fsck
   - Better formatting of eval cmd result in cmdSystemOrEvalLong()
   - Remove zero count entries in per-backup and per-host poolCnt files
   - Add a fake version parameter to the CSS URL to overcome caching
   - Fixed ALRM typo in BackupPC_dump, by @rhansen
   <https://github.com/rhansen> (#348
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/348>)
   - Fixed command name in error message in BackupPC_archive, by @rhansen
   <https://github.com/rhansen> (#349
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/349>)
   - lib/BackupPC/Xfer/Rsync.pm skips adding --iconv option when
   $conf->{ClientCharset} is utf8 or empty, to avoid a long-standing rsync bug
   - lib/BackupPC/Xfer/Rsync.pm provides a more informative warning when
   the client rsync exits with an IO error, and also includes the IO error in
   the xferErr count
   - lib/BackupPC/Xfer/Smb.pm recognizes NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE error
   - Increase text length in config editor fields, by @moisseev
   <https://github.com/moisseev> (#336
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/336>)
   - Typo fix in config.pl, by @cure <https://github.com/cure> (#338
   <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/pull/338>)
   - Minor documentation updates, removing old SourceForge links