On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 10:23:23PM -0800, Craig Barratt wrote:
> BackupPC 3.1.0 has been released on SF.net.
>
> This release contains a few new features and bug fixes.
> Some of the new features are:
>
> * Added new script BackupPC_archiveStart that allows command-line
> starting of archives.
>
> * Added sorting by column feature to host summary table in CGI
> interface.
>
> * Added some performance improvements, including optional support for
> IO::Dirent.
>
> * Added Simplified Chinese and Polish CGI translations.
>
> * Added check to BackupPC at startup that $TopDir can support
> hardlinks.
>
> * When there is an existing partial, a new partials is only saved
> if it has more files than the existing partial.
>
> * Replaced the FAQ link with Wiki in the navigation bar and added
> mention of the Wiki to the documentation.
Cool. Can't wait to get this into production, but I notice that there
is no mention of a fix for the zombie processes left around for every
share until the backup of a host completes. E.G.
BackupPC_dump(22510)-+-BackupPC_dump(22679)
+-BackupPC_dump(25033)
+-BackupPC_dump(25092)
+-ssh(22583)
+-ssh(25020)
+-ssh(25042)
backup 22583 22510 0 08:24 ? 00:00:00 [ssh] <defunct>
backup 22679 22510 0 08:24 ? 00:00:03 [BackupPC_dump] <defunct>
backup 25020 22510 0 08:25 ? 00:00:00 [ssh] <defunct>
backup 25033 22510 0 08:25 ? 00:00:00 [BackupPC_dump] <defunct>
backup 20302 20267 0 10:05 ? 00:00:58 [ssh] <defunct>
backup 20407 20267 0 10:05 ? 00:01:23 [BackupPC_dump] <defunct>
backup 32010 20267 0 15:58 ? 00:00:00 [ssh] <defunct>
backup 32111 20267 0 15:58 ? 00:00:00 [BackupPC_dump] <defunct>
backup 25042 22510 0 08:25 ? 00:02:20 /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l
backup -o ServerAliveInterval=30 example.com sudo
/usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group
-D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive
--one-file-system --bwlimit=100 --checksum-seed=32761 . /var/log/
backup 25092 22510 3 08:25 ? 00:16:43 /usr/bin/perl
/tools/BackupPC-3.1.0beta0/bin/BackupPC_dump example.com
Did I just miss it, or does the problem still exist post 3.1.0beta0?
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