Thanks Raoul - very helpful information -- and without your webpage, I would never have been able to get started myself...
Couple of questions: 1. You say on your webpage "libbackuppc-xs-perl Package ATTN Currently broken!" In what way is it broken? I haven't noticed any problems in building (or using) my own updated version of this based on your original 'debian' 2. Is there a reason that you use rsync-3.0.9 vs 3.1.3 supported by Craig upstream? I know that previously I had trouble compiling >=3.1.12 using your 'debian' but I didn't really explore that further 3. Other than pulling in new upstream source and updating the version numbering, have you made any notable changes to the 'debian' directories on any of these packages over the past say 18 months. 4. When do you expect to switch over to the emerging 'official' debian 4.x packages which just migrated over to 'testing' from 'unstable'? It would be good for all of us to consolide around a stable (semi)official package for Ubuntu (note I am still using 18.04). Thanks Raoul for all your contributions! Raoul Bhatia wrote at about 14:59:59 +0100 on Wednesday, January 6, 2021: > Hi Sorin, Jeff, et al. > > I am the one who contributed > https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Build-Your-Own-Packages > and I am mostly lurking on the mailing list with a few posts here and > there. > > Disclaimer: My work was build on top of Benjamin Renard and already > received contributions from i.e. Richard Hansen and a Github user named > "wwuck". > > On 2021-01-05 19:42, Sorin Srbu wrote: > > On Tue, 2021-01-05 at 12:28 -0500, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > >> Sorin Srbu wrote at about 16:35:16 +0100 on Tuesday, January 5, 2021: > >> [...] > >> > On Tue, 2021-01-05 at 09:13 -0600, Robert E. Wooden wrote: > >> > > On 1/5/2021 9:05 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > >> > > > I don't have a BPA, but I have compiled my own bpc 4.x for > >> Ubuntu > >> > > > 18.04 - with code from June 2020. > >> > > > I can send you the packages if you want... > >> > > > Sorin Srbu wrote at about 15:50:05 +0100 on Tuesday, January 5, > >> 2021: > >> > > > > Hello all! > >> > > > > > >> > > > > I've been away from BPC a few years because of changing > >> jobs where there > >> > > > > already were commercial backup systems in place and thus no > >> need for > >> > > > > BackupPC. However, along the road I also picked up a slew > >> of new > >> > > > > technologies and am now running a three-node > >> Proxmox-cluster at home for lab > >> > > > > stuff as well as personal advancement. All these physical > >> and virtual > >> > > > > servers need to be backed up and here I am back with > >> BackupPC. :-) > >> > > > >> > > I was searching for this the other day (because CentOS 8 goes EOL > >> > > 12-31-2021) and found there are *.deb packages somewhere on the > >> wiki > >> > > pages. Might be the packages being discussed here, if so, sorry > >> for > >> > > redundancy. > >> > > >> > Found them on > >> > https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Build-Your-Own-Packages. > >> > > >> > So this guy Raoul Bhatia is known on this list and in BackupPC dev > >> circles? > >> > > >> > And yes, I've picked up some paranoia too during my time away from > >> BPC, and > >> > tend use official stable releases. :-) > >> > > >> > >> I started with Raoul's packages for 4.0.x but they weren't being > >> frequently updated. I downloaded them and examined the package code - > >> all looked legit. > >> > >> So, I used them as the basis for creating my own version with more > >> updated code. > > > > Gotcha', thanks. > > Will look into rolling my own upgrade eventually it seems. > > > > I think Debian may use a newer stable release of BPC. > > Maybe I can find something there. Till now, I've focused on Ubuntu > > packages > > only. > > FYI: I am packaging as time permits (job, family) and on the > architectures used by myself or explicitly requested. Thus, there might > not be an up-to-date package that fits your environment. > However, I am definitely *very* happy to accept pull requests and/or > other contributions. > > Additionally, others started to build off of my work, i.e. > https://launchpad.net/~rhansen/+archive/ubuntu/backuppc (though it seems > it hasn't been updated to 4.4 yet?). > > > Having said that, there is also an effort underway to officially package > BackupPC 4.4 for Debian. > It was recently submitted and is already available on testing. > You can find details here https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/backuppc > (Though I did not yet check the current status/differences) > > Eventually, my plan would be to switch to the official Debian packages > (that will also end up in Ubuntu somewhen) and continue my contribution > there. > > I would be hopeful that my package would fit your needs. > Feel free to get back to me with any questions and/or suggestions. > > Cheers, > Raoul > -- > DI (FH) Raoul Bhatia MSc > E-Mail. ra...@bhatia.at > Tel. +43 699 10132530 > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
