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authorintrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>2006-10-07 00:40:58 +0000
committerintrigeri <intrigeri@boum.org>2006-10-07 00:40:58 +0000
commitd395ae94a5657afcc878adcd851d8e8c53df98de (patch)
tree0af29159f8dfe2e0aa3b5f9a169884331c014777
parent947309699dfca7a5db6d8148d46627d502a98d42 (diff)
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dup, rdiff: implemented and documented simpler and clearer symlinks/globbing
behaviour, as proposed on http://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/backupninja/2006-07/msg00008.html
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog17
-rw-r--r--NEWS27
-rw-r--r--examples/example.dup18
-rw-r--r--examples/example.rdiff19
-rw-r--r--handlers/dup22
-rw-r--r--handlers/dup.helper20
-rw-r--r--handlers/rdiff16
-rw-r--r--handlers/rdiff.helper20
8 files changed, 100 insertions, 59 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5eab333..913a90f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
svn:
. Fixed inversed vsname emptiness check
rdiff:
- . Symlink and globbing support enhancement and clarification: for
- a given include/exclude/vsinclude statement, rdiff handler now
- support EITHER globbing with '*' OR symlinks in the path.
- . Fixed improper include/exclude symlink dereference
+ . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
+ clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
+ is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
+ between various readlink versions in this field.
. Removed overzealous vsnames check
. Now works if testconnect=no and if $test is not defined.
. add $sshoptions config parameter in [dest] section of config so
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
options = --remote-schema 'ssh -p REMOTE-PORT -C %s rdiff-backup
--server'
dup:
- . Symlink and globbing support enhancement and clarification: for
- a given include/exclude/vsinclude statement, dup handler now
- support EITHER globbing with '*' OR symlinks in the path.
+ . Symlink and globbing support in include/exclude/vsinclude
+ clarification: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no attempt
+ is done to dereference symlinks anymore, due to incompatibilities
+ between various readlink versions in this field.
. Removed over zealous vsnames check
. Does not pretend anymore that duplicity can work without
any passphrase
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ version 0.9.4 -- unreleased
. Fix configdirectory error that forced you to use /etc/backup.d, thanks anarcat
. When determining which backup actions to list, find now follows
symlinks for $configdirectory
+ dup.helper:
+ . Fix: signing was enabled with symmetric encryption.
changed cron permissions to 644
minor documentation fixes
improved RPM build process allowing 'make rpm-package' and 'make
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7b262c4..f866125 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
+backupninja (0.9.4-1) UNRELEASED
+
+ * duplicity: Old (pre-0.9.4) example.dup file used to give false
+ information about the way the GnuPG-related options are used.
+ Please read the new /usr/share/doc/backupninja/examples/example.dup
+ file, and update your own configuration files if needed.
+
+ * duplicity, rdiff: symlinks and globbing support in
+ include/exclude/vsinclude was unclear and did not work in all
+ situations, with weird behavious, due to incompatibilities
+ between various readlink versions in this field. This has been made
+ clear eventually: globbing is fully supported again, whereas no
+ attempt is done to dereference symlinks anymore.
+ Please read the new /usr/share/doc/backupninja/examples/example.dup
+ or /usr/share/doc/backupninja/examples/example.rdiff file, and update
+ your own configuration files if needed.
+
+backupninja (0.9.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
WARNING FOR DUPLICITY USERS
-1. Old (pre-0.9.4) example.dup file used to give false information about the way
- the GnuPG-related options are used. Please read the new example.dup file, and
- update your own configuration files if needed.
+Old (pre-0.9.2) example.dup file used to give false information about the way
+the GnuPG-related options are used. Please read the new example.dup file, and
+update your own configuration files if needed.
-2. The bandwidthlimit option does not work anymore with duplicity >=0.4.2.
- Trying to solve this...
diff --git a/examples/example.dup b/examples/example.dup
index f3d3981..457883c 100644
--- a/examples/example.dup
+++ b/examples/example.dup
@@ -55,9 +55,21 @@ password = a_very_complicated_passphrase
[source]
-# WARNING: include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing
-# with '*' OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not*
-# supported and will lead to weird behaviour.
+# A few notes about includes and excludes:
+# 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*'
+# 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path
+# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the
+# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to
+# dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead.
+# Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following
+# line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor
+# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up :
+# include = /home/user/Mail
+# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to
+# write :
+# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail
+# 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
+# taken into account.
# files to include in the backup
include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
diff --git a/examples/example.rdiff b/examples/example.rdiff
index dd2ac5e..25cd26e 100644
--- a/examples/example.rdiff
+++ b/examples/example.rdiff
@@ -34,11 +34,20 @@ type = local
keep = 60
# A few notes about includes and excludes:
-# - include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing with '*'
-# OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not*
-# supported and will lead to weird behaviour.
-# - All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
-# taken into account.
+# 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*'
+# 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path
+# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the
+# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to
+# dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead.
+# Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following
+# line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor
+# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up :
+# include = /home/user/Mail
+# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to
+# write :
+# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail
+# 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
+# taken into account.
# files to include in the backup
include = /var/spool/cron/crontabs
diff --git a/handlers/dup b/handlers/dup
index b4a7c9d..15d1a02 100644
--- a/handlers/dup
+++ b/handlers/dup
@@ -134,24 +134,14 @@ symlinks_warning="Maybe you have mixed symlinks and '*' in this statement, which
# excludes
for i in $exclude; do
str="${i//__star__/*}"
- str=`readlink -f $str`
- if [ -n "$str" ]; then
- execstr="${execstr}--exclude '$str' "
- else
- warning "exclude statement '${i//__star__/*}' will be ignored. $symlinks_warning"
- fi
+ execstr="${execstr}--exclude '$str' "
done
# includes
for i in $include; do
[ "$i" != "/" ] || fatal "Sorry, you cannot use 'include = /'"
str="${i//__star__/*}"
- str=`readlink -f $str`
- if [ -n "$str" ]; then
- execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
- else
- warning "include statement '${i//__star__/*}' will be ignored. $symlinks_warning"
- fi
+ execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
done
# vsincludes
@@ -159,12 +149,8 @@ if [ $usevserver = yes ]; then
for vserver in $vsnames; do
for vi in $vsinclude; do
str="${vi//__star__/*}"
- str=`readlink -f $VROOTDIR/$vserver$str`
- if [ -n "$str" ]; then
- execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
- else
- warning "vsinclude statement '${vi//__star__/*}' will be ignored for VServer $vserver. $symlinks_warning"
- fi
+ str="$VROOTDIR/$vserver$str"
+ execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
done
done
fi
diff --git a/handlers/dup.helper b/handlers/dup.helper
index dbf9643..da299c6 100644
--- a/handlers/dup.helper
+++ b/handlers/dup.helper
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ do_dup_gpg() {
if [ "$dup_gpg_sign" == yes ]; then
do_dup_gpg_signkey ; [ $? = 0 ] || return 1
fi
+ else
+ dup_gpg_sign=no
fi
# a passphrase is alway needed
@@ -310,9 +312,21 @@ password = $dup_gpg_password
[source]
-# WARNING: include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing
-# with '*' OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not*
-# supported and will lead to weird behaviour.
+# A few notes about includes and excludes:
+# 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*'
+# 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path
+# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the
+# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to
+# dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead.
+# Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following
+# line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor
+# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up :
+# include = /home/user/Mail
+# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to
+# write :
+# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail
+# 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
+# taken into account.
# files to include in the backup
EOF
diff --git a/handlers/rdiff b/handlers/rdiff
index 79577c6..bdc1cbd 100644
--- a/handlers/rdiff
+++ b/handlers/rdiff
@@ -179,23 +179,13 @@ symlinks_warning="Maybe you have mixed symlinks and '*' in this statement, which
# excludes
for i in $exclude; do
str="${i//__star__/*}"
- str=`readlink -f $str`
- if [ -n "$str" ]; then
- execstr="${execstr}--exclude '$str' "
- else
- warning "exclude statement '${i//__star__/*}' will be ignored. $symlinks_warning"
- fi
+ execstr="${execstr}--exclude '$str' "
done
# includes
for i in $include; do
[ "$i" != "/" ] || fatal "Sorry, you cannot use 'include = /'"
str="${i//__star__/*}"
- str=`readlink -f $str`
- if [ -n "$str" ]; then
- execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
- else
- warning "include statement '${i//__star__/*}' will be ignored. $symlinks_warning"
- fi
+ execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
done
# vsinclude
@@ -203,7 +193,7 @@ if [ $usevserver = yes ]; then
for vserver in $vsnames; do
for vi in $vsinclude; do
str="${vi//__star__/*}"
- str=`readlink -f $VROOTDIR/$vserver$str`
+ str="$VROOTDIR/$vserver$str"
if [ -n "$str" ]; then
execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
else
diff --git a/handlers/rdiff.helper b/handlers/rdiff.helper
index 904ac98..42bcb1b 100644
--- a/handlers/rdiff.helper
+++ b/handlers/rdiff.helper
@@ -271,12 +271,22 @@ type = local
keep = $rdiff_keep
# A few notes about includes and excludes:
-# - include, exclude and vsinclude statements support EITHER globbing with '*'
-# OR symlinks in the path; usage of both in the same statement is *not*
-# supported and will lead to weird behaviour.
-# - All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
-# taken into account.
+# 1. include, exclude and vsinclude statements support globbing with '*'
+# 2. Symlinks are not dereferenced. Moreover, an include line whose path
+# contains, at any level, a symlink to a directory, will only have the
+# symlink backed-up, not the target directory's content. Yes, you have to
+# dereference yourself the symlinks, or to use 'mount --bind' instead.
+# Example: let's say /home is a symlink to /mnt/crypt/home ; the following
+# line will only backup a "/home" symlink ; neither /home/user nor
+# /home/user/Mail will be backed-up :
+# include = /home/user/Mail
+# A workaround is to 'mount --bind /mnt/crypt/home /home' ; another one is to
+# write :
+# include = /mnt/crypt/home/user/Mail
+# 3. All the excludes come after all the includes. The order is not otherwise
+# taken into account.
+# files to include in the backup
EOF
## includes ##
if [ "$host_or_vservers" == host -o "$host_or_vservers" == both ]; then