Technical notes on version 1.39
General:
+26Sep06
+kes Enhance error message when restoring without bootstrap file.
+kes Check restored size only for regular files.
+kes Store Python job level in job record in Dir.
+kes Add back code to open tape device nonblocking, but if rewind fails
+ release file descriptor.
+kes Modify acquire.c to first try autoloading the device. Also, ask operator
+ to mount tape if drive cannot be opened.
+rbn Made Windows service tray status windows resizable.
+rbn Fixed horizontal scrolling of text in status window.
+rbn Preserve horizontal and vertical scroll position while
+ updating. This prevents the display being reset to the
+ top line every 5 seconds.
+rbn Fix Windows cross-compile compatibilty problems with
+ *nix variants such as OS X without the zic command.
+rbn Eliminate dependency on man2html.
+25Sep06
+kes Update src/win32/dll/bacula.def for change in BPIPE definition for
+ Win32 build.
+kes Fix a compiler warning in compat.cpp
+kes Change strcpy to bstrncpy in compat.cpp
+kes Remove some broken code in bdb_list.c
+kes Fix, hopefully the last, ACL problem in the restore command.
+kes Update the README.mingw32
+kes Add new version of upgrade-win32-client.txt to examples directory.
+ Submitted by Michel Meyers.
+kes Print an INFO message in the job report when a Volume is marked Purged.
+rbn Fixed handling of external program and script execution
+ so that the format of the command line is more flexible.
+ Now executable path names containing spaces are translated
+ to the equivalent short name automatically. The result is
+ passed to cmd.exe with the quotes removed.
+24Sep06
+kes Apply the recycle patch from Richard Mortimer.
+kes Convert a few if statements in dev.c to switch statements.
+kes Start using print_errmsg instead of bstrerror().
+kes Print a job message in SD when a job is marked to be canceled.
+23Sep06
+kes All code added back. Fixed block.c read/write to loop only 3
+ times. This apparently keeps the OS from crashing (at least
+ most of the time).
+kes The kernel bug still persists. Backup something then immediately
+ do a bscan on the same tape, and the kernel will crash.
+kes Simplifed tape open(). It no longer uses nonblocking mode, which
+ means that opening with no tape loaded will probably take at least
+ 6 minutes before an error is reported.
+kes Do not use MTSETDRVBUFFER if not running as root. Do a MTRESET
+ when doing set_os_device_parameters.
+kes Report open error in mount.c
+kes Remove all .exe files from the installer directory on make clean.
+20Sep06
+kes Start adding back removed code.
+kes Back out a number of changes because backups to tape crash my
+ system.
+kes Remove the inetd code from the File daemon.
+18Sep06
+kes Add -c option to pg_dump so that it initializes tables when
+ restored.
+kes Fix FirstWritten time on Volume to be obtained from SD so that
+ it is the actual time the volume was first written.
+kes Minor Makefile changes.
+kes Handle EBUSY during read(). Improve how EBUSY is handled in write().
+ebl Add yes keyword to prune/purge command
+16Sep06
+kes Correct a test in block.c that prevented restore of a DVD from
+ looking at the last part in the spool directory.
+kes Make some error messages clearer mostly by using the word DVD
+ in the message. Improve infor message in read_record for DVDs.
+kes Remove DVD kludges in dircmd.c label/relabel.
+kes Move the dvd relabel code from dircmd.c into
+ write_new_volume_label_to_dvd() adding a relabel argument.
+kes Rewrite the truncate_dvd() code to be much simpler and
+ more logical. First blow away any spool part, then create a
+ new empty part and write to the DVD.
+kes Rewrite the can_write_on_non_blank_dvd() code making it
+ only ensure that no valid data is on the DVD -- i.e. it
+ can be overwritten.
+15Sep06
+kes Minor Makefile fixes.
+kes Put attach_dcr_to_dev in a subroutine.
+kes Make attaching/detaching to/from a device use a flag and
+ only detach if actually attached.
+kes Add dvd-simulator.in to scripts directory and add to configure.
+kes Fix code in acquire.c that checks fd != 0 to use dev->is_open().
+ This could be a cause of a number of drive reservation problems.
+ Note, this code is now in attach_dcr_to_dev().
+kes Suppress doing Volume updates if it is a system job. This should
+ prevent the DVD label blocking.
+kes Clear the freespace ok flag in a couple of strategic places.
+14Sep06
+kes Put removing zero sized spool part file in subroutine and
+ call from release_device().
+kes Add Richard's patch for relabel to dircmd.c, but save and restore
+ dev Volume name.
+kes Rework a lot of subroutines in dev.c to take dcr as an
+ argument. This is done to eliminate the usage of attached_dcrs
+ in lseek().
+kes Change truncated_dvd to blank_dvd, which seems more suitable.
+kes Apply most of Richard Mortimer's truncate patch.
+kes Create lseek() method for DEVICE that takes dcr as an
+ argument. This is to eliminate the use of attached_dcrs in
+ lseek(). The calls to lseek_dev() must still be changed.
13Sep06
kes Apply Richard Mortimer's patches for printing an error
message in btape when a DVD is used, and to initialize traceback.
a different spooling mechanism.
kes Apply patch from Richard Mortimer to ensure that the number
of DVD parts is correctly updated.
+rbn Save installer details log in the Bacula directory as
+ install.log.
+rbn Add installer generation of client and storage templates
+ suitable for @inclusion on the director.
+rbn Mark previously installed components read-only since
+ deselection doesn't do anything.
Version 1.39.22 beta released:
08Sep06
kes Update examples directory.
kes Remove unused variable in winservice.cpp
kes Make Win32 make command build installer.
+rbn Add new Install Type page, used to select between Automatic
+ and Custom installs. Automatic installs only prompt for
+ configuration items that can't be reasonably defaulted.
+rbn Added Bacula logo to page headers.
+rbn Added Upgrade support
+ - Configuration and component selection are migrated from
+ pre-1.39 installs.
+ - Configuration of upgraded components is preserved and
+ not prompted for
+ - Configuration of new components is handled according to
+ the Automatic / Custom selection.
+ - Component selection is defaulted to previously selected
+ components.
+rbn Installation of Server components is disabled on
+ Windows 95, 98 and ME.
+rbn Added URLs for support, info and upgrades to Bacula entry
+ in Add/Remove Programs.
+rbn Added Version info to Bacula entry in Add/Remove Programs.
04Sep06
kes Correct dvd code that breaks tape labeling.
kes Implement Enabled on update slots.
kes Correct spooled_part flag in dev.c close() so that it is cleared
when the spool file is deleted or does not exist.
kes Print part number in read_records when eof hit (restore).
+rbn Installer default changed to start services on new install.
31Aug06
--es Make find with no args in tree restore return error rather than
+kes Make find with no args in tree restore return error rather than
stopping the selection. Fixes bug #665
kes Rework DVD writing to ensure that the last part is written
on open_next_part when dealing with a spool file.
kes Correct the lseek_dev() routine to handle end point correctly
(bug introduced by me).
kes Allow part number to exceed num_dvd_parts in lseek_dev().
+rbn Change make_session_key on Windows to use WIN32 APIs to produce
+ a better seed.
+rbn Add new tool scsilist.exe which displays the changer, tape and
+ CD/DVD (1394, SCSI, SATA, ATAPI) devices and the information required
+ to add them to bacula-sd.conf.
30Aug06
-kes Apply dvd-handler patch from Richard Mortimer.
+kes Apply dvd-handler patch from Richard Mortimer.
kes Apply dvd error check patch from Richard Mortimer.
kes Apply bpipe race patch from Richard Mortimer.
kes Rework how DVD labels are handled and set append only
triggered it -- makes why not descending a bit clearer.
kes Do not unload autochanger when doing a list command -- basic code
from Eric Bollengier.
-07Aug06
+12Aug06
+rbn Reworked the MinGW32 build-dependencies script, it has been renamed
+ to build-depkgs-mingw32. It now handles two options -h to display
+ help and -C to reextract the source and apply the patches. The -C
+ option is useful for updating the source after new patches are
+ released.
+rbn Moved the 3rd party package URLs to a separate file External-mingw32.
+ This allows updating to new versions without having to modify the
+ script and makes it easier to figure out which packages and which
+ versions are used.
+rbn Added a new script build-depkgs-msvc.cmd which does the same thing
+ as build-depkgs-mingw32 except they are built using Microsoft Visual C
+ and placed in the depkgs-msvc directory. There is also an
+ External-msvc file to describe the packages.
+08Aug06
+rbn Fix Windows cross-compile compatibilty problems with FreeBSD.
+07Aug06
kes Fix bug #462 incorrect error message printed when client script called
from File= was not found.
kes Fix bug #558 (waiting for feedback) where Bacula needs too much time to
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