Hi ! I think that the exclusion bug on symlinks you reported, is related to the one below. Could you try backuppc 3.1.0-1 to see if it fixes your bug ?
cheers, Ludovic. On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 06:22:53PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > Package: backuppc > Version: 3.0.0-3 > Severity: important > Tags: patch > > Since BackupPC 3.0 Xfer/Tar.pm prepends "./" before _all_ file exclusions. > Effectively, this means that it is no longer possible to exclude files by > name only, you would always have to list the full path for each individual > file. > Besides the fact that this makes file exclusions for tar completely > unusable, it is also in contradiction to the documentation [1]. > > The attached (tested) patch fixes this issue. > > Note that the same syntax is also used for "BackupFilesOnly" immediately > below. I am fairly certain that the same fix needs to be implemented there, > but was not sure enough to include it in the patch. > > [1] > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#item__conf_backupfilesexclude_ > -- Ludovic Drolez. http://www.palmopensource.com - The PalmOS Open Source Portal http://www.drolez.com - Personal site - Linux, Zaurus and PalmOS stuff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
