On Wednesday 07 January 2009 19:03:12 Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 06:38:13PM +0100, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is to let you know that the source tar files and the Win32 binaries
> > for Bacula BETA version 2.5.28-b1 have been released to the Bacula Source
> > Forge download area.
> >
> > =====
> >
> >                Release Notes for Bacula 2.5.28
> >
> >   Bacula code: Total files = 522 Total lines = 203,305 (*.h *.c *.in)
> >
> > This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
> > but they should be compatible with all 2.4.x File daemons, unless you
> > use some of the new features that affect the FD.  In other words, you
> > should not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There
> > is no database upgrade needed from version 2.4.x.  However, the next BETA
> > release will require a database upgrade.
>
> <snip>
>
> > This release includes large number of new features and changes.
> > It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
> > and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
> > features.
>
> Hello.
>
> I've been testing earlier Bacula 2.5 version which doesn't yet have 'job
> type C' implemented for copy jobs..

The 2.5.28-b1 beta version that was just released does have Job type C 
implemented.

>
> if I upgrade to this new beta version (or SVN trunk), will it cause
> problems with the earlier copied jobs that don't have type C in the
> database?

It will not cause problems with prior jobs, but you will not be able to 
restore them as copy jobs.  If you want to do so, please see the archives 
where there is an email that explains how to modify the old records in the DB 
to work with the new system.

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