no no i'm waiting for other people to test :) i've got too much to do as it is.
-dean On Thu, 17 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2007, dean gaudet wrote: > > > i'd also like to know if there are any folks doing large backups with > > 1.1.x: a few million files minimum, 0.5 TB+, non-zero quantities of > > hardlinks... > > > > as i mentioned i'm still using 1.0.5 and probably won't switch soon, so > > i'm relying on the community to provide enough proof that 1.1.x is > > actually stable. > > Dean, > > If you have large 1.0.5 repositories, can you test upgrades to 1.1.x from > 1.0.5 and see what kind of metadata needs fixed up? Regression procedure > which comes to mind is: > > rdiff-backup-1.1.x /some/data /backup/1.0.5-data/ > <ctrl-c before it finishes, check it, run again and let it finish> > rdiff-backup-1.1.x --check-destination-dir /backup/1.0.5-data/ > rdiff-backup-1.1.x /some/data /backup/1.0.5-data/ > <test to see if we can restore from 1.1.x data after a 1.1.x backup> > rdiff-backup-1.1.x -r 0B /backup/1.0.5-data/some/directory /restore0/ > <test to see if we can restore from 1.0.5 backups after a 1.1.x backup> > rdiff-backup-1.1.x -r 2B /backup/1.0.5-data/some/directory /restore1/ > > If that procedure succeeds on a few large data sets, then I might be willing > to take the leap. I half-expect metadata warnings/errors which will need > fixedup. > > -Eric > > > > > > > -dean > > > > On Tue, 15 May 2007, Greg Freemyer wrote: > > > > > Dean, > > > > > > Once enough time has gone by to move this to stable on the front page > > > please post another e-mail. > > > > > > FYI: I tried to get OpenSUSE factory to update to 1.1.10, but they > > > said no because it was a devel/unstable release. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Greg > > > > > > On 5/13/07, dean gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i realised i'd moved my rdiff-backup mail folder after linux-kernel in > > > > my > > > > tab list... and hadn't got past linux-kernel in months. oops. > > > > > > > > better late than never. > > > > > > > > as before, i haven't tested it (i'm still using 1.0.5), i'm just > > > > releasing > > > > it because there was a request for a new release. > > > > > > > > -dean > > > > > > > > > > > > New in v1.1.10 (2007/05/12) > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > > > New --exclude-if-present option (i.e. --exclude-if-present .nobackup). > > > > (Jeff Strunk). > > > > > > > > Use signal 0 rather than signal.NSIG when testing if another > > > > rdiff-backup > > > > is still running. (Patch from Sébastien Maret) > > > > > > > > Sockets don't have extended attributes -- don't try to access them. > > > > (Patch from Andrew Ferguson.) > > > > > > > > Fix restore from read-only bug -- rx perms on a repository directory are > > > > enough, no need for write perms when restoring. (patch from Andrew > > > > Price) > > > > > > > > Fix --list-increments bug in set_must_escape_dos_devices. > > > > (Marc Dyksterhouse) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > > > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > > > Wiki URL: > > > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Greg Freemyer > > > The Norcross Group > > > Forensics for the 21st Century >
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