Just an anecdotal single data point, but I have never encountered such
issues with the brackets and I change parameters only from the browser.
Where is that comment in the documentation?
Best regards,
Guillermo
On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM <oetschi.ex...@bluewin.ch> wrote:
> Hello Backuppc Users,
>
> 1st of all: I use Backuppc for years and it is a very good tool.
>
> When I upgraded Kubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS at the beginning of
> Septemer 24 I got some nasty problems:
>
> - The upgrade itself was not so easy as hoped
> - Then backuppc didn't work at all: In firafox I got the message "not
> ARRAY" and nothing happened.
> - Even after restoring the backup to 22.04 LTS and reinstalling
> backuppc there still was nothing
>
> After very long time I found a hint in a backuppc installation document:
>
> Whenever you change something in the browser (e.g. WakeupSchedule) then
> there are bracketts in arrays changed form [ ] or { } to ( ) and backuppc
> can't start anymore.
>
> So there is the possibility to reactivate backuppc when you correct the
> packuppc file "config.pl. When it is overcorrected then rsync doesn't
> work and gives error messages.
>
> Here I give you the correct notation of the arrays in config.pl (I only
> saw 4):
>
> $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [ ... ]
> $Conf{CgiNavBarLinks} = [ ... ]
> $Conf{CgiStatusHilightColor} = { ... }
> $Conf{CgiUserConfigEdit} = ( ... )
>
> If you want to change something that involves config.pl like your
> WakeupSchedule there are 2 possibilities:
>
> Either
>
> - you change it in the browser in the chapter config.
> - Then you have to correct the entries in your config.pl file manually
> (at least the 1st 3, do not change the CgiUserConfigEdit)
> - restart backuppc
>
> or
>
> - you change the WakeupSchedule manually with an editor like
> kate, nano, etc
> - after saving of the config.pl file you have to restart
> backuppc
>
> O.K. This should help us to get out of the upgrade mess!
>
> Kind regards
> Chris
>
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