- Release Notes for Bacula 1.28
+ Release Notes for Bacula 1.29
- Bacula code: Total files = 226 Total lines = 61,863 (*.h *.c *.in)
+ Bacula code: Total files = 228 Total lines = 62,042 (*.h *.c *.in)
Major Changes this Release:
-- Bare Metal Recovery for Linux systems and manually for Solaris
-- Optimized restore, forward spaces to correct tape file and
- stops reading the archive when all files are restored.
-- Schedule permits specification of 1st, 2nd, ... week e.g.
- 1st Sun ...
-Minor Changes this Release:
-- Fixed Restore options (never,ifnewer, ...). They now work.
-- New bidirectional timed pipe mechanism for running child processes
- permits better error messages.
-- Faster Storage daemon initialization (using pthreads)
-- Unlimited devices in Storage daemon (previously hard coded to 20).
-- Fixed bug that recognized only the last option specified on Include record.
-- Easier building of statically linked version of Bacula.
-- Fixed pruning bug.
-- Fixes for VolUseDuration (problems putting it in DB).
-- Fix for / specified as Where.
-- Enhanced WriteBootstrap (more precise parameters -- e.g. volfile, ...)
-- Improved handling of Differential jobs (now on par with Incremental)
-- User supplied script in examples directory for backing up AFS file system.
-- User supplied script for Sun-desktop autoloader (examples/devices).
-- Added configure options for building static versions of the
- daemons and the console program.
-- Added a --enable-client-only option that will cause "make" to only
- build the File daemon and the libraries it needs.
+Other Changes this Release:
Items to note:
- Nothing in particular.