Alexis, Thanks for your prompt reply. > > > * Cameron Horsburgh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) disait : > > First, the configuration routine finishes half way through on > > re-installation. It asks me a few questions, but finishes after asking > > me what directories I want backed up. It didn't give me a chance to > > tell it what I didn't want backed up, or any other options after that. > > That's pretty strange, I cannot reproduce that behaviour...
I've just run apt-get remove --purge backup-manager again, reinstalled and had the same result. Strange... > > I used dpkg-reconfigure to complete the configuration. That went okay > > (although I can't see an option to select the newish tar-incremental > > option which I'd like to use). However, once I finished I get the note > > asking me if I want to install the package maintainer's config or my > > own. I presume this is because the config didn't finish during > > installation. > > No, that's because the post-installation phase built a new configuration > file with all the answers you gave to the debconf prompts. It wanted to > overwrite your `/etc/backup-manager.conf' file and then prompted you for > confirmation. > As you denied the replacement, the post-installation script left your > system with the _old_ conffile, and then without your new answers. Ah, I see. I'm still not presented with the tarball-incremental option. I notice there are other options not listed, so I'll presume this is intentional and therefore not a bug. > The postinst phase will only handle BM_TARBALL_TARGETS, so edit your > conffile after the installation to make sure this variable is enabled > and not BM_TARBALL_DIRECTORIES[]. Done, and backup-manager seems to be working properly now. FWIW I had to make sure I listed the target directories in the appropriate places and number the arrays (?) accordingly. This is an area I am completely unfamiliar with, but it wasn't hard to work out what was happening. Thanks for making it all so clear! > Regards, > -- ============================================= Cameron Horsburgh http://web.netcall.com.au/horsburgh ============================================= -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
