I just pushed the change <https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/commit/11e025b8df164634617bbff920bf2410638acfca> I mentioned in (1). I confirmed that in perl 5.28, version() gives the error you mentioned due to the trailing period (while perl 5.22 does not).
Craig On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:08 AM Craig Barratt < cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > 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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