https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=527683
Bug ID: 527683
Summary: Dist-upgrade let Kup destroy former backup
Classification: Plasma
Product: kup
Version First 0.10.0
Reported In:
Platform: Kubuntu
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: critical
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Target Milestone: ---
DESCRIPTION
After my Dist-Upgrade from Kubuntu 24.04 LTS to → 26.04 LTS the default
settings of Kup were changed, so that the former configured destination
'Backups' is now called 'Datensicherungen'. So the (automatically) startet Kup
ignored the former configured name and started a new full-backup under
'Datensicherungen' thus doubling the occupied space at the external drive.
More than this changing the Destination name back to 'Backups' overwrites the
former full-backup (which started in 2023) so that the old savings were
overwritten due to the 'init'-Parameter of Kup.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Accept the dist-upgrade from Kubuntu 24.04 LTS to Kubuntu 26.04 LTS
2. See that Kup (with its backend bup) generates a new Backup under
'Datensicherungen'
3. Change the configured Destination back to the original value 'Backups'
OBSERVED RESULT
Kup overwrites the formerly backup by the 'init'-Paramter (see Log) without
asking the user!
EXPECTED RESULT
Kup should check, if there is already a backup under the same name and ask the
user, if it should be overwritten.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Kubuntu 26.04 LTS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.6
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 7.0.0-38-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz
Memory: 8 GiB of RAM (7.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Product Name: 82HS
System Version: IdeaPad Flex 5 14ITL05
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
{{{
muelux@NB7AA-Flex5i:/run/media/muelux/Videos.tmp/Backups$ dpkg -l bup
+-- Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|+-
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
||+ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||| Name Version Architektur Beschreibung
+++-==============-================-============-================================================
ii bup 0.33.9-1.2build1 amd64 highly efficient file backup
system based on git
muelux@NB7AA-Flex5i:/run/media/muelux/Videos.tmp/Backups$
}}}
Kup-Logentry:
{{{
Kup is starting bup backup job at Samstag, 17. Oktober 2026 09:58:02
Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit
bup "-d" "/run/media/muelux/Videos.tmp/Datensicherungen" "init"
bup "-d" "/run/media/muelux/Videos.tmp/Datensicherungen" "index" "-u"
"--exclude" "/home/muelux/.cache" "/home/muelux"
Exit code: 0
bup "-d" "/run/media/muelux/Videos.tmp/Datensicherungen" "save" "-n" "kup"
"-vv" "/home/muelux"
Saving: 100.00% (15266888/15266888k, 28899/28899 files), done.
Exit code: 0
bup "-d" "/run/media/muelux/Videos.tmp/Datensicherungen" "fsck" "-g" "-j" "4"
Exit code: 0
Kup successfully completed the bup backup job.
}}}
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