On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Chad William Seys wrote:

>
> > Hmm, I am no longer sure that I have actually clarified :(
>
> Dough!
>
> > > I was thinking -prefix, -exclude, and -xprefix options were what was meant
> > > by the 'regexp' in the changelog for 1.6.14.
> >
> > Er, options to what programs?
>
> These options appear on the vos_backupsys manpage.  We (at some time) used
> those options in scripts to create .backup volumes for some volumes, but not
> others.

To be clear, "vos backup" and "vos backupsys" are completely different
from the "backup" command (e.g., "backup volrestore").

> Also, we use Teradactyl TiBS to automate AFS volume backups.  I could check
> with them if they use vos backup.

They do not use backup(8).

> > It would be nice if you could try upgrading a system or two to test, so
> > that I know whether to close this bug or take action on it.  Reinstalling
> > the old version of the package should work fine to downgrade, if you need
> > to revert due to breakage.
>
> OK.  I'll do this in a month or so.  In the meantime, don't worry about it!

Thanks!

-Ben

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