I started with the Ubuntu backuppc package that is based on "3.0.0".
Once I was convinced that BackupPC was the way to go I downloaded and
installed the "3.1.0" and ran the configure. Script executed without
issue, but then BackupPC failed to start (complained about missing
config.pl). I originally solved the issue with a softlink from
/var/lib/backuppc/conf to /etc/backuppc.
Upon reading the source I found the magic variable $useFHS, which was
set to 0. It was immediately obvious that I needed it set to 1, so I
created this patch to make useFHS do the right thing:
--- Lib.pm 2008-07-22 13:12:31.000000000 -0400
+++ Lib.pm.orig 2008-07-22 13:11:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@
# If set, text config files are below /etc/BackupPC.
#
my $useFHS = 0;
- $useFHS = 1 if -d '/etc/backuppc'; ## default to FHS
my $paths;
#
I then looked at the configure.pl from the install package and found
that it set $useFHS to 1 when it detected a "/etc/BackupPC" directory.
It's my guess that at one point this was the naming for the directory
and it underwent a rename. Here is a patch for the configure.pl
script, but the patch is untested as I don't have a development
environment at this time.
--- configure.pl Tue Jul 22 13:36:23 2008
+++ configure.pl.orig Tue Jul 22 13:30:36 2008
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@
# InstallDir which includes subdirs bin, lib, doc
#
# With FHS enabled (which is the default for new installations)
-# the config files move to /etc/backuppc and log files to /var/log:
+# the config files move to /etc/BackupPC and log files to /var/log:
#
-# /etc/backuppc/config.pl main config file (was $TopDir/conf/config.pl)
-# /etc/backuppc/hosts hosts file (was $TopDir/conf/hosts)
-# /etc/backuppc/pc/HOST.pl per-pc config file (was
$TopDir/pc/HOST/config.pl)
+# /etc/BackupPC/config.pl main config file (was $TopDir/conf/config.pl)
+# /etc/BackupPC/hosts hosts file (was $TopDir/conf/hosts)
+# /etc/BackupPC/pc/HOST.pl per-pc config file (was
$TopDir/pc/HOST/config.pl)
# /var/log/BackupPC log files (was $TopDir/log)
# /var/log/BackupPC Pid, status and email info (was $TopDir/log)
#
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@
my $ConfigPath = "";
my $ConfigFileOK = 1;
while ( 1 ) {
- if ( $ConfigFileOK && -f "/etc/backuppc/config.pl" ) {
- $ConfigPath = "/etc/backuppc/config.pl";
+ if ( $ConfigFileOK && -f "/etc/BackupPC/config.pl" ) {
+ $ConfigPath = "/etc/BackupPC/config.pl";
$opts{fhs} = 1 if ( !defined($opts{fhs}) );
print <<EOF;
-Found /etc/backuppc/config.pl, so this is an upgrade of an
+Found /etc/BackupPC/config.pl, so this is an upgrade of an
existing BackupPC installation. We will verify some existing
information, but you will probably not need to make any
changes - just hit ENTER to each question.
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
Is this a new installation or upgrade for BackupPC? If this is
an upgrade please tell me the full path of the existing BackupPC
-configuration file (eg: /etc/backuppc/config.pl). Otherwise, just
+configuration file (eg: /etc/BackupPC/config.pl). Otherwise, just
hit return.
EOF
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
#
if ( $opts{fhs} ) {
$Conf{TopDir} ||= "/data/BackupPC";
- $Conf{ConfDir} ||= $opts{"config-dir"} || "/etc/backuppc";
+ $Conf{ConfDir} ||= $opts{"config-dir"} || "/etc/BackupPC";
$Conf{InstallDir} ||= "/usr/local/BackupPC";
$Conf{LogDir} ||= $opts{"log-dir"} || "/var/log/BackupPC";
}
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@
=item B<--config-dir CONFIG_DIR>
Configuration directory for new installations. Defaults
-to /etc/backuppc with FHS. Automatically extracted
+to /etc/BackupPC with FHS. Automatically extracted
from --config-path for existing installations.
=item B<--config-path CONFIG_PATH>
--
Jonathan Craig
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