Re: [BackupPC-users] Error ' getaddrinfo is not a valid Socket macro' af

Steve Palm reported that error last week on this list. It relates to a patch included in 4.x to make ipv6 work.

It's likely you have an old version of perl and Socket.pm. Could you tell us your versions? Run this:

perl -v
perl -e 'use Socket; print $Socket::VERSION . "\n"'

Try upgrading Socket.pm:

sudo cpan

install Socket

I'll add a version check on Socket to configure.pl.

Craig

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 6:25 PM, John Barton <jbarton AT sts-llc DOT net> wrote:

I recently upgraded from BackupPC 3.3.0 to version 4.1. The upgrade process itself seemed to go OK, and I only had to fix a few unquoted items in my config file for BackupPC to successfully restart. Now, however, when I try to run a backup on a client that was working prior to the upgrade, I get the following error in my log, and the backup never attempts to run, nor is there any error in the web interface. Any input is appreciated.

2017-03-27 20:16:17 User admin requested backup of hostname.domain.com (hostname.domain.com)

2017-03-27 20:16:17 hostname.domain.com: getaddrinfo is not a valid Socket macro at /usr/local/BackupPC/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm line 1413

John Barton

Specialized Tech Solutions, LLC

Jbarton AT sts-llc DOT net

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Error ' getaddrinfo is not a valid Socket macro' after upgrading to 4.1