-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Well, I've just tried it on OS X 10.9 and it seemed to go well. I'm a complete newbie to Tarnap, but I was able to create a backup within a couple of minutes!
On 10/04/2014 11:06, Stuart Turner wrote: > > I'm just now starting out using Tarsnap, so I'd be very much > willing to help test this! On 10/04/2014 10:10, Arnt Gulbrandsen > wrote: > >> It would be neat if someone were to test that program now. > >> The program is intended for people who haven't used tarsnap >> before. I think. I'm a bit uncertain whether there should be much >> guidance to take people from zero to having made a backup. I >> suspect that tarsnap's current audience prefers a more >> sparse/curt/functional approach. So that's what's there now. > >> When you test the GUI, please pretend that you're you and that >> you're just about to make your first tarsnap backup. Send me >> comments on that basis. > >> To test, first install Qt (any recent version will do), then: > >> git clone https://github.com/arnt/tarsnap-gui.git cd tarsnap-gui >> qmake make > >> If you want to wipe your state to test from scratch again, run >> rm -rf ~/.config/Tarsnap. > >> There is one known bug. I think it's in tarsnap, and have sent >> Colin a suggested patch: If you want to back up a particular >> directory (say /home/arnt) but not the directory >> /home/arnt/build, then the program does roughly > >> cd /home/arnt tarsnap -c ... --exclude build . > >> That excludes /home/arnt/build, but it also excludes >> /home/arnt/mumble/build, which is perhaps what I intended. I >> consider this problem serious, since it results in missed >> backups. (Backing up too much is giving Colin too much money, >> which is not a serious bug. Backing up too little is perhaps >> much, much worse.) > >> Arnt > > > - -- pub 4096R/0xAE1DCB036B7DE2FD 2013-10-06 [expires: 2018-10-05] Fingerprint = 0E1B 42C5 2E68 2CC4 9D70 D494 AE1D CB03 6B7D E2FD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTRnBTXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQwRTFCNDJDNTJFNjgyQ0M0OUQ3MEQ0OTRB RTFEQ0IwMzZCN0RFMkZEAAoJEK4dywNrfeL9ztIP/jRGWeoIASbOQ0dSHgwsTNQD EZTv42aKpFp7BpIwhDd80W3Lpjg5RXm/AWLXAhNMKqk5bfAevzasQ5y+ZyfGdHGw Ji6xzQPPQPnx8EJtg+NCU4YXILoMccvHm3hgITpHs4UJal3fPoQ/w2rimNIy11tm vEJzveVlcLu9KKQOVthWXU/Z+5mo/n9AcFZMjAgT6Nss4UeKjRr4jTy+vMAKWF9r MELQm5Z4R6gP7ac5oiKJIMBk6c9x78sZn2iwflPXioWpIfbWpLtKQd/W/l0hX8fT 0iL5H1x2W+FNOAn3Dy7HF9frDebWyZxNmpMSBxFith9ZSs/XTIgI/bXDLMcrVC+e rIqwTQ4mD5mzfUsX/ugKv5J32YAXEmKJCn+ZeOPqOHOCMzxaV0A2Izs559Rt1a5D LPiXdL/sbJB+hVb/0KbE6TKv5hhErbUKAtsWkJE0E3ozUKQA2YPwyduvIRhkIEsZ N0hXJ5vR7QEcVzEYkg1/i1NAZqrGv8KicKYC20xd/qm3EDf8llZ4n6CrIDS/nDCg xKX3fcLXHfcZZMRPIBCff3McvcJws1ILmsokDwIcgOQXB62+KCHAvp4rYJ82oLPy td2yY4oi2EKD16JsgPqdtm/BB4CGtKcZbsZ0AbB/kGz+H8bzVAV/nRTMdq5sDO7J gB5txEgo7uod+rjYUPNb =jUvl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
