On 05/08/16 05:33, martin f krafft wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the fact that BackupPC compresses log files using zlib and requires
> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_zcat for their uncompression is
> a bit of a nuisance, not only when log files are being
> sync'd/analysed on a system where there is no BackupPC installed.
>
> I also can't find a suitable decompressor in a Debian package,
> especially not one supporting reading from stdin.
>
> Why aren't we just using standard gzip or bzip2 or xz, for which
> decompressors exist on pretty much every Unix system?
I'm pretty sure there is a backuppc package for debian :)

If you really want a third party tool, and want that packaged for 
debian, then I think you will need to be the one to do it/make it 
happen. So far, everyone else has been happy without it (or happy enough 
to not actually do it).

PS, we are using BackupPC's own compression tools because:

a) We know they will exist
b) We need to use them for the data, so might as well also use them for 
the logs which will compress really well

You are free to make a patch that will use a different compression tool, 
and allow that to be configured, perhaps others will appreciate it also.

Regards,
Adam


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