- Release Notes for Bacula 1.36.0
-
- Bacula code: Total files = 396 Total lines = 116,418 (*.h *.c *.in)
-
-
-Major Changes:
-- Tray monitor program (really cool)
-- Bacula Rescue CDROM (easy to make and essential for emergencies)
-- Bacula CD Image Manager
-- General bug fixes/stabilization
-- French translation of manual by Ludovic Strappazon well
- underway.
-- UTF-8 is supported in conio.
-- Improved conf scanning code allowing FileSet components to
- be put on a single line (previously everything had to be on
- a different line).
-- Win32 files restored to an alternate directory will have the
- colon following the drive letter turned into a / e.g. c:
- becomes c/. Previously the c: was stripped. This applies only
- to files written to an alternate directory (i.e. using a where=).
-- Certain open files (Word for example) can now be saved on
- Win32 systems.
-- Default for Wild-cards on Win32 systems is to fold case this
- should correct most of the problems users are having with
- exclusion on Win32.
-- Lots of improvements in the Rescue scripts -- better
- network detection, better mounting code, ...
-- The attributes spool file can now exceed 2GB.
-- Significant speed improvements when running PostgreSQL.
-- Significantly faster restore command with very large
- FileSets while building the in memory directory tree.
-- Patches directory in the source will have all patches
- that have not been applied and released (new releases are
- only generated when really critical bugs are found).
-- Bacula forces the tape drive into variable block mode
- on most systems (providing Bacula is running in variable
- block mode).
-- dbcheck updated to remove many more orphaned records.
-- Support for IPv6 (untested).
-- Modifications to the license to termination clause for
- more protection from SCO type predators. No change for
- normal users.
-- SIGHUP to Director causes it to reload conf file.
-
-- Many improvements in the documentation.
-
-New Directives:
-- Added "Rerun Failed levels = yes/no" in the Job resource
- of the Director. It will upgrade the current job to a
- higher level (Full or Differential) if a previous job
- of that level failed.
-- Added "Ignore FileSet Changes = yes/no" in the FileSet
- directive of the Director. It prevents the Director from
- immediately upgrading the job to a Full save if you modify
- the contents of the FileSet. Not recommended.
-- Added "Block positioning = yes/no" in Device resource in SD.
- If set to no, Bacula should (as yet untested) be able to
- recover data from tapes where the drive was set to fixed
- blocksize but Bacula is in variable block size.
-- Added "Multiple connections = yes/no" in Catalog record for
- allowing multiple simultaneous connections to the database.
- This is a major performance improvement for PostgreSQL and
- SQLite, but it is untested, so please test before putting
- it into production.
-- Alert Command in SD permits checking for tape drive
- alerts at the end of every job (or doing anything you want).
- An example of the command is in the default bacula-sd.conf
- file as well as in the Storage Configuration chapter of
- the manual.
-
-New Commands:
-- umount -- same as unmount.
-- delete job now permits multiple jobids and ranges, e.g.:
- delete job jobid=1,3,5,11-16
-- reload -- reloads bacula-dir.conf in Director.
-
-Items to note!!!
-- As of 1.35.5 you MUST do a database update.
+ Release Notes for Bacula 2.5.16
+
+ Bacula code: Total files = 517 Total lines = 199,415 (*.h *.c *.in)
+
+This Director and Storage daemon must be upgraded at the same time,
+but they should be compatible with all 2.4.x File daemons, unless you
+use some of the new features that affect the FD. In other words, you should
+not have to upgrade all your File daemons when you upgrade. There is
+no database upgrade needed from version 2.4.x. However, the next
+BETA release will require a database upgrade.
+
+================== Warning !!!!!! ==========================
+This BETA release of Bacula 2.5.x development code uses libtool
+to generate the Bacula libraries as shared objects rather than
+being directly linked in as in prior versions. This means that
+the Bacula shared objects, must either be in a shared object
+directory known to the loader or they must be in the directory
+that may be specified on the ./configure line using the
+--libdir option as:
+
+ ./configure --libdir=/full-path/dir
+
+the default /lib. If --libdir is specified, there should be
+no need to modify your loader configuration provided that
+the shared objects are installed in that directory (Bacula
+does this with the make install command). The shared objects
+that Bacula references are:
+
+libbaccfg.so
+libbacfind.so
+libbacpy.so
+libbac.so
+
+If you have problems with libtool or you wish to use the old
+way of building static libraries, you can do so by disabling
+libtool on the configure command line with:
+
+ ./configure --disable-libtool
+==============================================================
+
+This release includes large number of new features and changes.
+It should be more or less compatible with previous xx.conf files
+and File daemons providing that you are not using any of the new
+features.
+
+Please see the New Features chapter of the new manual, which documents
+some but not all the new features (we are still working on it):
+
+http://www.bacula.org/manuals/en/concepts/concepts/New_Features.html
- cd scripts-dir (or src/cats)
- ./update_bacula_tables
-
-- All daemons should be compatible with 1.34 with the exception
- of the new FileSet features such as regular expressions.
-- Regular expressions are not supported in the Win32 FD.
-
-Other Items:
-- Much better error messages from system errors particularly
- on Win32 and in running scripts.
-- Many improvements in the SD.
-- Full support for 64 bit machines.
-- btape improved test and fill commands.
-- See the ChangeLog for additional details.
-
+The ChangeLog has more details.
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