Technical notes on version 2.1
General:
+24May07
+kes Correct typo in UTF-8 error message as reported by:
+ jhernandez <julianhernandez@gmail.com>
+kes Add additional sm_check() code on debug level 1.
+kes Set default debug level to 1.
+kes Trap SIGABRT in attempt to get traceback.
+23May07
+kes Reduce bat connect timeout from 30 to 15 seconds.
+kes More restructuring and implementing BSOCK class in place of
+ old bnet.c code.
+kes Remove a few unnecessary malloc() tests in crypto code.
+kes Turn off crypto calls for > 128 bits in crypto.c if HAVE_SHA2
+ not defined. Bug reported by Allan Black <Allan.Black@btconnect.com>
+kes Remove duplicate HAVE_CRYPTO definition in config.h.in
+22May07
+kes Fix Verify InitCatalog mysql_escape_string() trashing memory.
+ Make buffer bigger.
+kes Fix Verify InitCatalog. The attributes were not pointing to the
+ correct saved location.
+kes Implement message callback so that GUI is sure to get all
+ daemon messages. Currently displayed in a dialog in bat.
+kes Ignore SIGUSR2 (Bacula timer) in bat.
+kes Apply regress patch from bug #859 to allow regress to work
+ with Solaris compiler.
+21May07
+kes Begin adding TLS support to bat.
+kes Apply UTF-8/16 patch from Yves Orton <demerphq@gmail.com> to
+ clean up lex.c and make it more readable.
+20May07
+kes Move more bnet functions into the BSOCK class.
+kes Fix tray-monitor by not requiring a timer interval in bnet_connect()
+kes Complete change of berrno strerror() method to bstrerror()
+Release: 2.1.10 beta
+18May07
+kes Cleanup incorrect email addresses in bsmtp.
+kes Make bat display initial messages rather than discard them.
+16May07
+kes First cut of adding .mod to the run command.
+kes Implement auto display of messages in bat.
+kes Enhanced preferences to allow all Bacula output to be
+ displayed in bat.
+15May07
+kes Try to make bsmtp date routines more generic.
+kes Fixed bug #856 autochanger documentation.
+kes Rework bsmtp date editing for Win32. This fixes bug #854.
+kes Add new cats entry point so Win32 builds.
+14May07
+kes Attempt to fix bsmtp date editing on OSes without %z editing.
+ Fixes bug #854.
+kes Do better checking for the MySQL 64 bit libraries looking for both
+ .a and .so libraries.
+kes Add a kludge for Ubuntu's non-standard locations for MySQL -- allow
+ /usr/include/mysql/mysql.h AND /usr/lib/... rather than /usr/lib/mysql/...
+kes Require the thread safe version of MySQL during configure. Thanks
+ to Andre Noll for pointing this out.
+kes Ensure that calls to find_jobids_from_mediaid_list() check count before
+ continuing in migration code.
+kes Apply implementation of tray-monitor font derived from gnome-console
+ submitted by Andreas Piesk <a.piesk@gmx.net>
+13May07
+kes Eliminate important memory loss in SQLite
+kes Fixed the batch insert MySQL thread specific data that was not
+ being freed. See cats/mysql.c:db_thread_cleanup().
+kes Fix restore before command.
+kes Convert old hdr.name to name() in a few places.
+kes Implement update jobid command.
+kes Return all time_t dates in db_get_job_record()
+kes Stop watchdog in SD earlier.
+kes Put Pool just after Storage in please mount message.
+kes Fix pointer usage bugs in Verify InitCatalog pointed out by
+ Eric.
+12May07
+kes Update the po files.
+kes Fix Verify InitCatalog by making it cache attributes.
+11May07
+kes Change name bacula-bat to bat for man 1 page to correspond to
+ Makefile.
+kes Check for client and store NULL pointers in status command. This
+ fixes bug #845.
+kes Fix non-ssl build so that it works (add JCR *jcr to crypto structures).
+kes Fix sign extended editing of %p.
+kes Clean out a little old #ifdefing in cats/mysql.c
+10May07
+kes If time diff between DIR and FD is more than 600 seconds convert
+ INFO message to WARNING.
+kes Implement heap size display in status for all daemons.
+kes Attempt to fix MySQL db open memory loss (not successfull).
+kes Don't set SIGKILL and SIGSTOP neither can be trapped.
+kes Eliminate memory loss in MySQL (possibly other SQLs) during
+ Query. This looks like a MySQL but but by doing extra releases,
+ the memory goes away. This should fix bug #847.
+09May07
+kes When backup fails, cancel SD before waiting for sd termination.
+kes If SD is waiting for FD to connect during cancel, wake up the
+ thread.
+kes Fix fsf code so that errno is correctly reported.
+kes Apply migration patch (with changes) from Sergey Svishchev <svs@ropnet.ru>
+08May07
+kes Make lack of Pool directive in Job an ERROR_TERM rather than FATAL
+ so that Bacula doesn't later stumble into a seg fault.
+kes Use the term Restore Client in the restore Job report.
+kes Merge patch from Sergey Svishchev <svs@ropnet.ru> that preserves
+ the original job's FileSetId.
+kes Merge patch from Sergey Svishchev <svs@ropnet.ru> that implements
+ spooling in migration jobs. Not yet tested.
+kes Merge patch from Jorj Bauer <jorj@seas.upenn.edu> that implements
+ reading conf file from a pipe. However, do it with open_bpipe()
+ rather than popen. Not yet tested.
+07May07
+kes Fix an ugly bug where the VolCatBytes were getting updated
+ during a restore.
+kes Implement bconsole memory command that prints current memory
+ usage, plus smartalloc dump.
+kes Clarify some error messages in backup, admin, and migrate.
+kes Shrink label dialog to smaller size.
+kes Invert Cancel OK buttons on restore to be OK Cancel.
+kes More strerror() to bstrerror() conversions.
+06May07
+kes Start implementing bstrerror() in place of strerror().
+kes Stripping path -- seems to work.
+04May07
+kes Prevent door and port files from being restored (mostly
+ Solaris stuff).
+kes Free an unreleased buffer in compat code.
+kes Change console Job name from *Console* to -Console- to eliminate
+ Win32 filename problems. Put Win32 path separator when creating
+ Console file. This fixes bug #846.
+kes Change berrno::strerror() to berrno::bstrerror(). Not yet full
+ implemented.
+kes Pass jcr to crypt_sign_decode because it creates a new SIGNATURE
+ structure.
+kes Define b_errno_win32 on Linux to be zero so that it can be or'ed in
+ to force Win32 error message.
+03May07
+kes First cut strip path. The data should be passed to the FD,
+ but nothing is done with it yet.
+kes Enhance the digest and signature routines in the crypto
+ library to accept a JCR and to use it to print error messages
+ so that they will go in the Job report rather than the daemon's
+ messages.
+kes Simplify some of the verify signature code.
+kes Simplify a few of the alternative returns in the signature
+ code.
+02May07
+ebl Use only POSIX regex instead of GNU regex in breg.c for
+ File relocation. It fix broken freebsd compilation.
+kes Convert all other Dir files to use new ua class message
+ routines for bat.
+kes Tentative fix for missing digest signature in bug 807.
+kes Correct handle problem in new win32_ftruncate routine.
+kes Convert ua_purge.c and ua_update.c to use new ua class
+ message routines for bat.
+29Apr07
+kes Correct incorrect installation of LICENSE in Win32 installer.
+kes Display LICENSE at the beginning of the Win32 install.
+kes Attempt to correct the need for the png files to be installed
+ for bat.
+kes Reapply my bat.conf install script in qt-console. I think I
+ editted bat.pro instead of bat.pro.in and it was lost.
+kes Apply CentOS patches someone sent me. Checks for /var/run/subsys,
+ the /var/lock/subsys for subsysdir. Also corrects typos in the
+ doc.
+28Apr07
+kes First cut update job.
+kes Correct configure to include qmake of src/qt-console directory.
+26Apr07
+kes Make restore job yes/mod/no print in one command so GUI works.
+kes First cut implementing backup and restore client.
+kes Correct editing in Verify output that caused a seg fault.
+25Apr07
+kes Insure that bat.conf is not overwritten during installation.
+kes Fix important bug in db_sql_query() in mysql.c. It was introduced
+ while I was implementing migration in March 2006 !
+24Apr07
+ebl Cleanup file relocation, using char *RegexWhere instead of
+ char *where + bool where_use_regexp
+kes Update some manpages and add bat manpage.
+kes Make a first cut at converting bacula.spec.in for bwx-console
+ and bgnome-console.
+kes Apply patch from John Goerzen to add hostname as fourth argument
+ to make_catalog_backup script.
+kes Fix typos I introduced into bsmtp.c
+kes Make pm_strxxx() routines handle input of NULL pointer. This
+ is to protect from NULL pointers returned from SQL databases.
+kes Correct typo in bacula-sd manpage as pointed out by John Goerzen.
+kes Add more debug to FIFO code -- fix fifo regression test.
+23Apr07
+kes Implement posix_fadvise in FD, and for reading spool files in SD.
+kes Add thread timer to bnet_connect() to break from OS if wait time
+ expires.
+22Apr07
+kes Update Win32 build to include new files, new symbols, and
+ renamed files.
+kes Implement socket level heartbeat (tcp_keepidle)
+ebl Commit File relocation patch
+kes Make bat have 'make install' target.
+kes Warn during install if old gnome-console binary found.
+kes Warn during install if old wx-console binary found.
+kes Add -8 option to bsmtp command line to add content type utf-8.
+ Fixes bug #809. (Character coding problem in bsmtp).
+kes If < is found in target (from, to, cc) then do not enclose the
+ target in < > in bsmtp. Fixes bug #772 (malformed address).
+kes When printing certain items in dbcheck, stop after 300000.
+ Fixes bug #822. (dbcheck loops).
+kes Incorrect status in Dir after waiting for mount with poll set.
+ Fixes bug #825.
+21Apr07
+kes Extend idea of Prefer Mounted Volumes to mean a volume about
+ to be mounted.
+kes Print waiting to reserve a device every 5 mins.
+20Apr07
+kes Don't call close_part in label.c if tape and relabel.
+kes Don't free volume if busy in close() -- should help with
+ bug 801.
+ebl Fix #824 RunScript bug (After script could be execute twice)
+ Now, Before Script can use RunsOnSuccess and RunsOnFailure options
+ By default (like before) RunsOnSuccess=true and RunsOnFailure=false
+ Add a regression script to test RunScript
+19Apr07
+kes Correct usage of MTIOCLRERR ioctl for clearing persistant errors
+ on Solaris.
+18Apr07
+kes The bgnome-console (gnome-console) and bwx-console (wx-console) are
+ deprecated. No additional bugs will be fixed, and they will be dropped
+ in a future release (probably 2.4.0).
+kes Change name of wx-console to bwx-console to make it more Bacula
+ unique.
+kes Change the name of gnome-console to bgnome-console to make it
+ more Bacula unique.
14Apr07
kes Some time in March, a Feature Request with patch from Jorj Bauer
<jorj@seas.upenn.edu> was committed by Landon (with my approval).
01Apr07
kes Move bnet_despool() into class in bsock.c
kes Modify job report to include director name and Build OS.
-kes Move drop and check_catalog() before fork.
+kes Move drop root privilege and check_catalog() before fork.
kes Add update database scripts (version 9 to 10) to updatedb directory.
31Mar07
ebl Check size and age of each file after its backup to see if
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