Release of amanda-2.6.0b3

Hello,

The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the third beta release of Amanda 2.6.0, the 2.6.0b3 release. It has a complete rewrite of the tape handling code (Device API).

It can be downloaded from http://www.amanda.org or https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120

We hope to release the final 2.6.0 soon. We appreciate if you can test it before the release, even a simple compilation can be useful to find problem on some hardware/software, report all compilation warning.

Here's a list of the changes for release 2.6.0b3 (from the NEWS file):
Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details.

configure --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules require shared libraries. Use configure --with-static-binaries to build statically linked binaries.
'amverify' and 'amverifyrun' are deprecated and replaced with the new, more flexible 'amcheckdump'
'amdd' and 'ammt' are deprecated.
Some Amanda files are now installed in new "amanda/" subdirectories: libraries are now installed in $libdir/amanda and internal programs are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda. If you mix 2.6.0 and earlier version with rsh/ssh auth, you need to add an 'amandad_path' to the dumptype and to amanda-client.conf.
The amandates file, previously at /etc/amandates, is now at $localstatedir/amanda/amandates. You may want to move your existing /etc/amandates when you upgrade Amanda.
New 'amcryptsimple', 'amgpgcrypt' - encryption plugins based on gpg.
New 'amserverconfig', 'amaddclient' - Initial Amanda configuration tools these tools make assumptions, please see man page.
Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup

Speedup in 'amrecover find' and starting amrecover.

glib is required to compile and run amanda.
Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting tapes, vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3
New perl modules link directly to Amanda, to support writing Amanda applications in Perl. Perl module are installed by default in the perl installsitelib directory. It can be changed with 'configure --with-amperldir'.
New 'local' security driver supports backups of the amanda server without any network connection or other configuration.
Almost 200 unit tests are available via 'make installcheck'.
Amanda configuration file changes

amanda.conf changes

flush-threshold-dumped
flush-threshold-scheduled
taperflush
device_property
usetimestamps default to yes

Jean-Louis