What are the versions of rsync_bpc and perl are you running? Specifically, what's the output from
rsync_bpc --version perl -v I assume rsync_bpc is 3.1.2.beta0. For some reason the "version" package complains about a trailing ".", perhaps in only newer versions of perl (on perl 5.22.1 it works fine). Here are two options: 1) change this line $version = $1 if ( $output =~ /rsync_bpc\s+version\s+([\d.]+)(beta\d+)?\s+protocol/ ); to $version = $1 if ( $output =~ /rsync_bpc\s+version\s+([\d.]+?)(\.beta\d+)?\s+protocol/ ); 2) installing rsync_bpc 3.0.9 instead. The latest release is here <https://github.com/backuppc/rsync-bpc/releases/tag/3.0.9.12>. Craig On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 5:10 AM Sorin Srbu <sorin.s...@ilk.uu.se> wrote: > Hi all, > > Finally found time to upgrade an old BackupPC install from v3.3.1 to the > latest v4. > > I read up on the prerequisites, gotchas' etc and installed > BackupPC-XS-0.57, > rsync-bpc 0.01 and version 0.9924 using cpan. > I've never used cpan before, but I didn't get any errors here. Installs > should be fine. > After that, I continued with installing the latest BPC 4.2.1 and it went > w/o > a hitch. > > The end remarks after BPC-installation mentioned restarting httpd so I did > that. > I also restarted the backuppc daemon for good measure > > And this is where the problem started, I got this: > "Starting BackupPC: Invalid version format (trailing decimal) at > /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC line 125" > > The lines in /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC is about this: > > $version = $1 if ( $output =~ > /rsync_bpc\s+version\s+([\d.]+)(beta\d+)?\s+protocol/ ); > if ( $version eq "unknown" || version->parse($1) < > version->parse($PackageVersion->{rsync_bpc}) ) { > print(STDERR "BackupPC: rsync_bpc at $Conf{RsyncBackupPCPath} needs > to be upgraded (got version $1; need >= $PackageVersion->{rsync_bpc}); > exiting in 30s\n"); > sleep(30); > exit(1); > } > > > I've no idea how to proceed. I can't find any information pertinent to the > error message. > Is version too old? Too new? Something else? > > Any help appreciated! > Thanks. > > > -- > BW, > Sorin > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # Sorin Srbu, Sysadmin > # Uppsala University > # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry > # Div of Org Pharm Chem > # Box 574 > # SE-75123 Uppsala > # Sweden > # > # Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 > # Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, B5:404b > # Web: https://www.ilk.uu.se/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # O< ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail > # http://tinyurl.com/ascii-ribbon-campaign > # > # This message was not sent from an iProduct! > # > # Please consider the environment before printing this email. > # Join the campaign at http://thinkBeforePrinting.org > # > # MotD follows: > The Internet? Is that thing still around? -Homer Simpson. > > > -- > BW, > Sorin > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # Sorin Srbu, Sysadmin > # Uppsala University > # Dept of Medicinal Chemistry > # Div of Org Pharm Chem > # Box 574 > # SE-75123 Uppsala > # Sweden > # > # Phone: +46 (0)18-4714482 > # Visit: BMC, Husargatan 3, B5:404b > # Web: https://www.ilk.uu.se/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > # O< ASCII ribbon campaign - Against html E-mail > # http://tinyurl.com/ascii-ribbon-campaign > # > # This message was not sent from an iProduct! > # > # Please consider the environment before printing this email. > # Join the campaign at http://thinkBeforePrinting.org > # > # MotD follows: > Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse. > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >
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