Hello Martin,

Best regards,

Kern



On 06/06/2017 07:26 PM, Martin Simmons wrote:

Hi Kern,

Thanks for explaining about the plugins.

I will stop using --disable-libtool and give libtool another chance (there
used to be compile-time problems on FreeBSD with it finding old versions of
the libbac*.so in /usr/local/lib rather than linking to the versions from the
new build).

__Martin

On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 16:48:18 +0200, Kern Sibbald said:

Hello Martin,

Yes, what you are seeing is the framework for those plugins.

The cloud plugin + source code is still being developed, and will be
released after the first of the year.  We will release the cloud plugin
source code.

The aligned volume plugin is a somewhat special case.  Bacula Systems
has filed a patent for the technology (patent pending), and we are
advised not to release the source code prior to obtaining the full
patent.  However, we will be releasing the binary plugin for it.

There are some important points with these new plugins:

1. They work only with the binaries they are built with.

2. Production of community binaries are in the process of being
produced.  They also require changes to the web site.  I am hoping the
binaries will be released with the production 9.0.0 later this month.  I
depend on Bacula Systems to produce these binaries.

3. The community binaries for the most part are installed into
/opt/bacula rather that sprayed all over a the OS filesystem.

I hope this answers your questions about the cloud and aligned plugins.

We do not use the --disable-libtool option, and in fact we will be
making more and more use of shared objects and runtime loaded shared
objects such as the cloud and aligned plugins.  If you would like to
have the --disable-libtool work, I suggest sending me a patch.

Best regards,

Kern


On 06/06/2017 04:24 PM, Martin Simmons wrote:

Hi Kern,

Does this release include the cloud and aligned volume support?  There are
some source files but they only contain the license header.

The --disable-libtool option to configure has been broken by the addition of
the loadable SD device driver architecture needed for these volume types.

__Martin

On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 13:57:20 +0200, Kern Sibbald said:

Hello,

This is to inform you that we have release Bacula BETA version 7.9.2 to
the www.bacula.org source download area.  It has a few fixes, the most
important one is that it fixes the Progress information that the FD
passes to the Director.  In some cases, this information was previously
discarded.

I will be on vacation 7 June to 16 June and on my return barring any bug
reports, I will do the official 9.0.0 release.  Now is the time to help
the project by testing this new BETA release so that we can be sure that
the production 9.0.0 version will not have any issues.  Thanks for your
help.

Best regards,

Kern


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