Hi,

Dan Johansson wrote on 2011-09-03 11:04:22 +0200 [[BackupPC-users] Upgrade 
BackupPC 2.1.2 to 3.2.1]:
> In Gentoo BackupPC 3.2.1 has just gone stable and I want to upgrade from 
> 2.1.2, and have some questions.
> Will 3.2.1 use the same configfiles as 2.1.2 (do I have to rewrite all my 
> configfiles)?

yes (no). Though there are some new variables in config.pl, so you might want
or need to merge your local changes into the new config.pl.

> Will 3.2.1 use the same filesystem structure as 2.1.2 (can I restor a file 
> backed up with 2.1.2 with 3.2.1)?

Yes (yes).

> Are there some "gotchas" with this upgrade?

In general, if you've installed a distribution package of BackupPC, it's up to
the package to handle upgrades (you *did* previously install version 2.1.2
from a package, too, right?).

As far as the upstream BackupPC code is concerned, there should be no issues
with the upgrade. For the Gentoo package, I have no idea. In theory, it
*could* introduce problems (like moving the pool location; however, with 3.2.1
you could just set $Conf{TopDir} in config.pl to work around that). If you
want a definite answer, you'll have to ask in a Gentoo forum (or, of course,
read the source ;-).

Regards,
Holger

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