Package: backup-manager Version: 0.7.4-1 Severity: important
-- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686 Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages backup-manager depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.3 Debian configuration management sy ii gzip 1.3.5-14 The GNU compression utility ii ucf 2.0012 Update Configuration File: preserv backup-manager recommends no packages. -- debconf information: backup-manager/upload-key: * backup-manager/name-format: long * backup-manager/burning-device: /dev/cdrom backup-manager/upload-hosts: backup-manager/upload-dir: /var/archives/uploads backup-manager/upload-user-ftp: * backup-manager/cron_frequency: daily * backup-manager/directories: /etc /home /root /var/lib/blosxom/data/ /var/mail/ backup-manager/cron_d_remove_deprecated: false * backup-manager/blacklist: /home/cameron/.thumbnails /home/cameron/.sword/modules/ * backup-manager/repo_group: root * backup-manager/filetype: tar.bz2 * backup-manager/time-to-live: 5 * backup-manager/burning-maxsize: 650 * backup-manager/repo_user: root * backup-manager/backup-repository: /var/backups/ * backup-manager/burning-method: CDRW backup-manager/upload-user-scp-warning: backup-manager/transfert_mode: scp * backup-manager/burning-enabled: true * backup-manager/dump_symlinks: false backup-manager/upload-user-scp: bmngr * backup-manager/want_to_upload: false Hi, I recently installed the latest backup-manager. I have found several problems which seem to be related. I tried reconfiguring the latest version, and I had some trouble. I purged the whole package and re-installed. The same problems seem to exist, and I hope to be able to summarise them here. First, the configuration routine finishes half way through on re-installation. It asks me a few questions, but finishes after asking me what directories I want backed up. It didn't give me a chance to tell it what I didn't want backed up, or any other options after that. I used dpkg-reconfigure to complete the configuration. That went okay (although I can't see an option to select the newish tar-incremental option which I'd like to use). However, once I finished I get the note asking me if I want to install the package maintainer's config or my own. I presume this is because the config didn't finish during installation. I elected to install my own config. However, that still doesn't help--when I run backup-manager from the CLI it only backs up /etc and /boot. I did ask for /etc but not /boot, as you can see above. I do notice in /etc/backup-manager that these are fallback defaults if I choose to backup filenames with spaces, which I don't believe I've done. Thanks for your time (and your useful little app!) Cameron Horsburgh -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
