Technical notes on version 2.5
-New features:
+Projecs features implemented:
+Items Completed for version 3.0.0:
+Item 1: Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted files
+Item 3: Merge multiple backups (Synthetic Backup or Consolidation)
+Item 4: Implement Catalog directive for Pool resource in Director
+Item 5: Add an item to the restore option where you can select a Pool
+Item 8: Implement Copy pools
+Item 12: Add Plug-ins to the FileSet Include statements.
+Item 13: Restore only file attributes (permissions, ACL, owner, group...)
+Item 18: Better control over Job execution
+Item 26: Store and restore extended attributes, especially selinux file contexts
+Item 27: make changing "spooldata=yes|no" possible for
+Item 28: Implement an option to modify the last written date for volumes
+Item n: Split documentation into several books
+
+New features to be documented:
command separator in console (!$%&'()*+,-/:;<>?[]^`{|}~)
examples/database/dbcheck.sql
enhancement to wait command: wait mount ...
mixed priorities
General:
+07Mar09
+kes When deleting a Volume by MediaId require the Id to be
+ prefixed by a * to avoid confusing with an integer volume
+ name.
+kes Prevent bls from printing binary data when a plugin stream
+ encountered. This fixes bug #1238
+kes Prepare to add JS_Warnings termination status.
+kes Attempt to resolve bwx-console Win32 crash. Not likely to
+ work.
+06Mar09
+kes Move src/win32/dll to src/win32/lib, which is much more logical.
+kes Fix the Win32 build.
+kes Fix broken casting in src/compat/print.cpp.
+kes Eliminate jcr Errors and always use jcr JobErrors. This should
+ ensure that SD and FD errors are correctly reported. Also add
+ JobErrors to SD returned values. This should fix bug #1242.
+28Feb09
+mvw Implemented xattr support for Solaris 9 and above and extensible
+ attributes for OpenSolaris.
+mvw Added some limits to the xattr code so that we don't blow up the
+ filed on big xattrs.
+mvw Fixed some comments which changed due to xattrs being implemented.
+mvw Changed xattr support checking in configure to test first for
+ generic solutions and when not found for specific OS functions.
+25Feb09
+mvw Don't try to copy empty jobs (e.g. with jobbytes == 0)
+ which gives Unable to get Job Volume Parameters errors.
+ Which leads to copying the same job over and over again.
+21Feb09
+kes Ensure that src/qt-console/.libs is cleaned properly
+20Feb09
+mvw Use acl_data_len instead of seperate var for length
+ of acl stream.
+ebl Add database update scripts to updatedb dir
+19Feb09
+ebl Fix #1226 about bconsole segfault when using readline()
+18Feb09
+kes Apply Eric's next-beta.patch that enables 64 bit FileIds and
+ adds new columns to the catalog.
+kes Ensure that libtool directory always cleaned + reduce
+ unnecessary output during make clean.
+15Feb09
+ebl Check postgresql database encoding that should be SQL_ASCII
+ and print a warning if it's something else.
+08Feb09
+kes Free name item in guid_to_name.c when already in list.
+kes Add more info to error message in ua_tree.c
+05Feb09
+kes Make re-read last block fatal if block numbers differ by
+ more than one.
+30Jan09
+ebl Try to disable _FORTIFY_SOURCE by default
+29Jan09
+ebl Tweak compat.h for new mingw
+28Jan09
+ebl Add new ScratchPool directive to Pool. Thanks to Graham
+ebl Turn on db_get_file_list() single SQL because the failure
+ was due to a full FS. And the accurate test fails with the
+ other code.
+27Jan09
+ebl Fix a bug that doesn't update RecyclePool all the time
+ during the first startup.
+25Jan09
+kes Turn off db_get_file_list() giant SQL because if fails on
+ my production machine.
+kes Fix bat.pro.in so that bat is properly installed rather
+ than just copied.
+24Jan09
+kes Modify search for .conf file so that if one is given on
+ the command line, it will be used, otherwise it will use
+ the SYSCONF directory. It will no longer look in the current
+ directory unless explicitly requested on the command line.
+ This fixes bug #1189.
+kes Fail a job that references a plugin if no Plugin Directory is
+ defined.
+22Jan09
+kes Fix bug #1211 crash during reload with bad dird.conf file.
+21Jan09
+ebl Add detection of intptr_t and uintptr_t to configure process
+20Jan09
+ebl Change some cast to use intptr_t instead of long
+18Jan09
+kes Apply acl_solaris_update.patch submitted by Marco (thanks).
+kes Remove configure check for resolv.h -- it is apparently not needed
+ and causes build warnings on FreeBSD.
+kes Ensure that the installer and newinstaller Makefiles are called
+ during a make clean.
+12Jan09
+kes Apply Eric's fix for suppressing extended attributes error messages
+ when dealing with deleted files.
+11Jan09
+kes Add src/win32/newinstaller -- single file installer
+kes Attempt to explicitly call gmake when needed, or if not found
+ skip the calls. This should fix the FreeBSD regression/build.
+10Jan09
+kes Fix bat.pro.in so that bat will install.
+09Jan09
+kes Add more debug output to VSS init.
+kes Attempt to correct win32 debug in berrno.
+09Jan09
+kes Fix bug reported by Dan where make fails in clean of src/win32.
+07Jan09
+kes Fix bug #1212, SD is unable to recycle purged volumes. fstat()
+ was broken.
+06Jan09
+ebl Despool attributes directly from the director if attribute
+ spool file is present
+Beta Release 2.5.28-b1
+05Jan09
+kes Fix bat install broken by $DESTDIR change.
+02Jan09
+kes Fix annoying compiler warnings in console/conio.c
+kes Fix win32 build (depended whether or not ./configure was run).
+28Dec08
+kes Apply fix suggested by Bruno Friedmann to configure.in to
+ find python2.5
+26Dec08
+kes Turn on Eric's match_bsr tape block checking code.
+kes Correct values used for tape block numbers in record.c.
+23Dec08
+ebl Fix a problem with PoolUncopiedJobs option which was broken
+ by the new JT_JOB_COPY type.
+kes Fix bug #1206 -- Error: sql_update.c:194, which was probably
+ caused by the user modifying the Bacula DB schema.
+kes Remove rogue line of C code.
+kes Fix bug #1208
+
+Beta Release 2.5.16-b1
+20Dec08
+ebl Work on copy jobs
+ - Add "list copies" command
+ - Add JT_JOB_COPY type for job copies
+ - Don't allow copy jobs in automatic restore
+ - Promote next copy job as backup when original job is deleted
+kes Closed bug #1207 -- 2.4.4-b1 strange volume/device handling
+kes Closed bug #1204 -- Undescriptive help options
+kes Closed bug #1202 -- Revise documentation
+kes Closed bug #1178 -- Bat 2.4.3 tries to double-purge volumes
+ unable to reproduce.
+kes Closed bug #1166. Fixed by Eric -- Problem canceling job if
+ client looses connection while being backed up.
+kes Fixed bug #1200 -- inconsistent auto purge documention
+kes Fix documentation for Recyling ambiguity. Fixes bug #1200.
+kes Remove old mmap code from compat.h/cpp
+kes Update ChangeLog
+kes Correct typo in Win32 Makefile editing
+kes Correct typos in debug output.
+kes Improved error detection in creating bsrs.
+kes Add debug code to Win32 restore
+19Dec08
+kes Fix Win32 build.
+ebl Cleanup director VolParam struct
+18Dec08
+ebl Replace File:Block in BSR by Address to fix #1190
+16Dec08
+kes Correct missing return in Darwin code.
+15Dec08
+ebl Copy joblog after a Copy job
+14Dec08
+kes Tweak block.c read to more closely simulate write for computing
+ block addresses and turn on disk block testing.
+kes Implement a crude 'list joblog' mostly for debugging.
+13Dec08
+kes Fix Migration bug #1206 sql error with NULL FileSetId when no jobs
+ to migrate.
+kes Fix Migration JobLog bug #1171. Get the JobIds correct.
+12Dec08
+ebl Fix segfault in bscan when using debug mode
+11Dec08
+kes Fix configure to do minimum Win32 configure so that make clean
+ works.
+kes Tweak modify FD header to use %ld instead of %d.
+kes Remove hand scanning of FD header in SD and use Bacula's
+ sscanf, which is now OS independent.
+kes Define new object (file/dir) begin and end Volume label records
+ in SD.
+kes Use new method of defining XATTR #defines to avoid need for having
+ them in config.h.in
+10Dec08
+ebl Rename all STREAM_ACL_..._T into STREAM_ACL_..
+09Dec08
+ebl Add a new lock manager that can detect deadlock situation
+ This new option is activated with a --enable-lockmgr configure
+ option.
+ebl Add new Director->MaxConsoleConnections directive
+03Dec08
+ebl Fix bacula-sd hanging after tape gets full + unload
+02Dec08
+ebl Remove extra db_lock() in get_prune_list_for_volume()
+ebl Apply 2.4.3-prune-deadlock.patch that fixes a problem when
+ using Catalog as message backend.
+01Dec08
+kes Apply Marco's Darwin xattr patches.
+28Nov08
+kes Fix Win32 build.
+26Nov08
+kes Apply Marco's Extended attribute support patch.
+kes Update projects file
+25Nov08
+kes More changes to ensure that during thread switches the jcr
+ is removed from the TSD.
+kes Ensure that consoles attach jcr to thread, and that only the
+ thread attached is removed from the TSD.
+24Nov08
+kes Move definition of FileId_t to bc_types and define it once in the jcr.
+22Nov08
+kes Remove all time_t from arguments in favor of utime_t, which is
+ machine independent.
+kes Add more debug to match_bsr.c and use %u for unsigned debug editing.
+20Nov08
+ebl Apply patch for bug #1182 about Recycle flag
+ that is not updated after a pool change.
+kes Since the user has been warned, allow console purge command
+ to purge volumes that are in use. This is a fix for bug
+ #1191 before it was submitted.
+kes Fix Win32 build to add new sd_plugins.c
+ebl Apply patch from bug #1175 that reset the Slot and the Inchanger
+ flag in db_make_inchanger_unique().
+ebl Remove a Emsg() after recieving a Fatal signal that can lock
+ the catalog.
+19Nov08
+kes Apply patch from bug #1187. It prints an error message if the
+ Maximum Block Size in the SD is too big.
+kes Increase Maximum Block Size to 2,000,000 bytes.
+kes Use doubly linked bsr list so that consumed bsrs may be
+ removed. Removing not yet implemented.
18Nov08
kes Implement a fix that very likely fixes the undesired volume
purge reported by Graham Keeling.
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