Technical notes on version 2.5.x
General:
-Release Version 2.5.16
+
+Beta Release Version 2.5.26
+20Dec08
+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.
+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.
+kes Implement bsr block level checking for disk files. However,
+ it does not work correctly in accurate tests, and all the
+ migration and copy tests, so it is turned off.
+ebl Make SD plugins work.
+14Nov08
+ebl Apply Riccardo's patch to compile bacula+mysql on mandriva
+13Nov08
+ebl Add more variables accessible through the director plugin
+ interface.
+12Nov08
+ebl Do work on plugins
+ - fix compilation of the director plugins
+ - add plugin list to status dir output
+ - add director plugin dump after a fatal signal
+ebl Apply Riccardo's patch that fix some win32 compilation errors
+ and a bug with bat version browser.
+11Nov08
+ebl Add Plugin debug after a fatal signal.
+ebl Add db and rwlock debug after a fatal signal.
+10Nov08
+ebl Fix maxwaittime to fit documentation, this time is now counted
+ from the job start and group all wait periods.
+ebl Add tips for postgresql to improve performance when having
+ multiple batch insert at the same time.
+09Nov08
+ebl Remove extra debug for db lock.
+07Nov08
+kes Apply Riccardo's second patch that cleans up the #include
+ file order + a few Win32 particularities to make bat work
+ on Win32.
+ebl Add allow_transactions flag to mysql db backend.
+kes Apply win32-fixes patch from Riccardo that makes the Win32
+ bat more stable and faster (but still slow).
+06Nov08
+kes Fix bug with job name duplication if more than 60 jobs created
+ during a minute.
+kes Correct some bugs of cleanup in SD if the FD connection fails.
+ebl Add code to get more information after a fatal signal.
+05Nov08
+ebl Apply Bastian's patch that add spooldata=yes|no option
+ to run command.
+04Nov08
+ebl Fix bash shell to sh shell in database creation script
+02Nov08
+kes Fix orphaned jobs (possible deadlock) while pruning.
+kes Use jcr stored in bsock rather than searching in getmsg.c.
+ This results in about a 5% speed improvement with four
+ concurrent jobs.
+kes Implement win32_chmod that uses wide characters, if possible,
+ to get and set the file attributes.
+29Oct08
+kes Apply pane freezing during updates patch from Riccardo Ghetta.
+kes Rework next_vol and autoprune a bit due to failure in
+ recycle-test. prune_volumes() now returns no status,
+ but should prune at least one Volume, if possible.
+kes Modify check_if_volume_valid_or_recyclable to reject a
+ volume with Recycle set off.
+kes Modify prune_volumes() to continue if volume Recycle is off
+ or if the volume has expired. Add more debug.
+28Oct08
+kes Fix bug #1046 VolumeToCatalog incorrectly reports mounted
+ filesystems as missing on the Volume.
+kes Rewrite the set_jcr_job_status() code to include job status
+ priorities so that more important status changes occur but
+ lower priority status changes will not overwrite something
+ more serious. This could possibly cause reporting incorrect status
+ reporting in some cases. More testing is needed to ensure
+ I have the right priorities. This vastly simplifies the previous
+ contorted logic.
+ Verify Diff status should now be correctly reported, whereas it
+ was previously lost.
+kes Reduce some debug output.
+kes Apply Joao's patch to SQLite tables to make chars work.
+27Oct08
+ebl Fix #1175 About update slots that don't reset InChanger flag when
+ slot is empty.
+ebl Fix #1173 where prune_volume() returns a volume from the scratch.
+25Oct08
+kes Remove jobq.c constraint that read and write SD must be
+ different. This may lead to more deadlocks in the SD,
+ but they should be resolved there.
+kes Ensure that job report is always printed even if job is failed
+ in the director.
+kes Don't print job report twice for failed VBackup jobs.
+24Oct08
+kes Fix editing of retention time difference to use 64 bit
+ int instead of 64 bit unsigned. This should permit very
+ long retention periods.
+kes Implement code to prohibit a write job from appending to a
+ Volume that will be used for a read operation. This is
+ new code and could possibly cause some conflicts.
+23Oct08
+kes Integrate James Harper's Exchange Win32 plugin patch.
+kes Apply patch from Marco van Wieringen that implements the new
+ Solaris libsec interface for ACLs so that Bacula can save and
+ restore both the new ACLs and old ACLs.
+kes Marco's patch also corrects the file dependency generation code
+ so that it works properly both with shared libraries and static
+ libraries.
+kes Marco's patch also includes a small cleanup of the cats Makefile
+ to remove some references to non-existent files.
+22Oct08
+kes Modify win32 Makefiles to use full paths in most cases.
+ In particular add MAINDIR environment variable that points
+ to the main Bacula source directory.
+21Oct08
+kes Add read volume list code to SD -- not yet used.
+kes Add James' binutils patch
+kes Split volume management code out of src/stored/reserve.c into
+ a new file vol_mgr.c
+kes Modify configure to do an automatic make clean. This ensures
+ that any changes to ./configure options are handled correctly.
+
+Beta Release Version 2.5.16
19Oct08
kes Add Makefile dependency when using LIBTOOL_LINK so that any
change in ./configure options will be accounted for.
despooling as requested by Alan Brown.
Version 2.0.0 released: 4 January 2007
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