Hi BackupPC list members,
just to let you know:
BackupPC::Storage::Text.pm needs a patch.
To be more exact, within sub ConfigFileMerge, the line reading
my $d = Data::Dumper->new([$newConf->{$var}], [*value]);
should become
my $d = Data::Dumper->new([$newConf->{$var}]);
(just omit tle ast argument in the call).
That's a timebomb sitting there, as the existent code works fine only as
long as the installed Data::Dumper on the system is somewhat older,
(probably) having version below 2.182_51.
(See a somewhat more detailed discussion about it at
https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=11142844.)
Without the patch, as soon as Data::Dumper will be upgraded/refreshed, any
further attempt to edit BackupPC config variables will ruin any config.pl
files touched within /etc/BackupPC.
Happend to me on an up-to-date Fedora 35 system.
I've tried to get in touch with Craig Barrat (the BackupPC author and
maintainer, afaik), but haven't succeded yet.
Thanks,
Iosif Fettich
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