Will bacula-dir 1.38.6 work together with bacula-fd versions less than 1.38.6? So that upgrade of bacula could be done step by step??
thanks, christian -- "I sense much NT in you, NT leads to Blue Screen. Blue Screen leads to downtime, downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside." - Unknown Unix Jedi > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Kern Sibbald > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 11:52 AM > To: bacula-announce > Cc: bacula-users ; bacula-devel > Subject: [Bacula-users] Bacula version 1.38.6 released > > Hello, > > I have just released Bacula 1.38.6 to Source Forge. The > following files have > been updated: > > Release package File > bacula bacula-1.38.6.tar.gz > bacula bacula-docs-1.38.6.tar.gz > depkgs depkgs-28Mar06.tar.gz (mtx, > sqlite 2, sqlite 3) > Win32 winbacula-1.38.6.exe > > If you are using 1.38.5 and you are happy with it, there is > probably no urgent > need to upgrade. However, if you are using one of the 1.38.6 > beta versions, I > strongly recommend that you upgrade. > > 1.38.6 has a number of serious bug fixes, some of which have not been > reported, but are long standing, and others regarding the > 1.38 storage > reservation system. > > For your convenience, I include a partial listing of the > ReleaseNotes. Please > read the full ReleaseNotes before installing/upgrading. > > -- > Best regards, > > Kern > > ("> > /\ > V_V > > > [ReleaseNotes] I > Release Notes for Bacula 1.38.6 > > Bacula code: Total files = 419 Total lines = 137,078 (*.h *.c *.in) > 20,440 additional lines of code since version 1.36.3 > > !!!! Important !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > If you are compiling for a 64 bit machine, you need to ensure > that the code is compiled with the -O0 (- oh zero) option otherwise > the SD will crash on most all operations -- apparently due to > a compiler bug in gcc's 64 bit code generation. > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > New features: > - For autochanger get Scratch tape if in autochanger if > no appendable Volumes are available. > - New virtual disk autochanger. See scripts/disk-changer for > documentation. > - New optional Device resource directive in SD. 'Device Type =', > which may have types: File, DVD, Tape, or FIFO. This can > be useful for writing DVDs on FreeBSD where Bacula cannot > correctly detect the DVD. > - Faster restore tree building and uses less memory. > - The command line keyword job (or jobname) now refers to the > name of the job specified in the Job resource; jobid refers > as before to the non-unique numeric jobid; and ujobid refers > to the unique job identification that Bacula creates for each > job. > - The job report for Backups has a few more user friendly ways > of displaying the information. > - The wait command can now be made to wait for jobids. > - New command line keywords are permitted in update volume. They > are Inchanger=yes/no, slot=nn. > - Add two new console commands: enable job=<job-name> and > disable job=<job-name>. When a job is disabled, it will not > be started by the scheduler. If you disable a job and restart > Bacula or reload the .conf file, the job will be re-enabled. > - Add a new Job resource directive "enable = yes|no". > > Major bug fixes: > - Fix race condition in multiple-drive autochangers where > both drives want the same Volume. > - Do not allow opening default catalog for restricted console > if it is not in ACL. > - Writable FIFOs now work for restore. > - ACLs are now checked in all dot commands. > - Multiple drive autochangers and multiple different autochangers > should now work correctly (no race conditions for Volume names, > update slots use correct StorageId). > - Fix bug where drive was always reserved if a restore job failed > while in the reservation process. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking > scripting language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend > the live webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new > coding territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
