Craig,
I have installed BackupPC Version 4.2.1 and it resolved the problem and of
course I had to update other software related.
Thanks for your help.
Diane
On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 2:53 PM, Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users <
backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> Diane,
>
> That problem is related to the old version of perl and Socket you are
> running.
>
> This was fixed in BackupPC version 4.1.1 last year (it detects which
> version of Socket you are using, and defaults to old interface if
> necessary). I strongly recommend upgrading to the most recent version of
> BackupPC (4.2.1), or the prior version (4.1.5).
>
>
> Craig
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Diane Leon <di...@tbi.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using BackupPC software for more that 4 years for my job and I never
>> had problem but last week I had the bad idea to update the software to
>> version 4.0.0 and now I have a problem running backups.
>>
>> I got the following error:
>>
>> active1: getaddrinfo is not a valid Socket macro at
>> /usr/share/BackupPC/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm line 1412
>>
>> I have found an email with the same problem from 2017, I have the same
>> perl version and socket, I have installed cpan and run install Socket but
>> didn't help.
>>
>> Do you have another suggestion to resolve the problem? Do I have to
>> install a new version of Perl?, I think I can install a new version in
>> different directory but how BackupPC will point to it.
>>
>>
>> root@sv02 usr]# perl -v
>>
>> This is perl, v5.10.1 (*) built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi
>>
>> Copyright 1987-2009, Larry Wall
>>
>> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or
>> the
>> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
>>
>> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
>> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the
>> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
>>
>> [root@sv02 usr]# perl -e 'use Socket; print $Socket::VERSION . "\n"'
>> 1.82
>>
>> Old Ticket with the error
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/message/35753460/
>>
>> I am using Centos 6.5
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Diane Leon
>> Senior Systems Administrator
>> di...@tbi.ca
>> (403) 702-3294
>>
>>
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