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Notable changes in 0.30.1 as compared to 0.30

May require attention

  • Previous versions of bup might have saved filesystem directories with incorrect metadata, but the file contents should be fine. This could have happened if bup encountered an error while trying to read the metadata for one of the files in a directory, or if bup were asked to save two different files with the same name to the same destination directory (e.g. via the strip/graft options). In cases where this has happened bup may present either generic or incorrect metadata for some of the paths in the affected directory.

  • The way bup index --fake-valid works has been made to match the documentation in the man page so that it can actually be used for the stated purpose (of avoiding 'boring' files.)

General

  • bup should more accurately recognize git versions. Previously, for example, it would reject relase candidates like "1.5.2-rc3" or (apparently) "1.5.2-rc3 (something ...)".

  • When BUP_ASSUME_GIT_VERSION_IS_FINE is set to true, yes or 1 in the environment, bup will assume the version of git that's available in the PATH is acceptable, and skip the version check.

Bugs

  • bup should close files more aggressively during various operations which, for example, should return space to the filesystem sooner during midx operations, whether explicit as bup midx ... or implicit during other operations like bup save. Previously, it could leave deleted files open, preventing their space from being returned until bup exited. Similar improvements should prevent bup from crashing during some operations like gc on filesystems that don't actually remove a deleted files's path from a directory until it the file is closed.

  • bup should no longer crash when trying to read the target of synthetic symlinks like /BRANCH/latest. For example:

    File "/usr/local/lib/bup/bup/vfs.py", line 524, in _compute_item_size return len(_readlink(repo, item.oid)) AttributeError: 'FakeLink' object has no attribute 'oid'

  • bup bloom should notice that it needs to regenerate the filter in some cases. For example, it was supposed to regenerate the filter if the -k value changed, but it wouldn't.

  • The DESIGN document is clearer about the fact that bup save --smaller will actually omit larger files from the saved tree entirely.

  • Failing to specify a port for bup web on the command line (only specifying a hostname) should no longer cause an unrelated syntax error.

  • Commit date timezone offsets of 0 will no longer be interpreted as local time instead in some cases.

  • bup should release some midx-related data structures (mmap, etc.) immediately on close, instead of relying on garbage collection.

  • A memory leak caused by some of bup's C-level stat calls has been fixed.

  • Some syntax issues in the manpages have been fixed.

Build system

  • The automated tests have moved from FreeBSD 11.2 to 12.1.

  • t/test-fuse should be more portable. In particular, a compatibility issue with Fedora 31 has been fixed, and it should be less affected by local timezone variances.

  • Some internal build dependencies have been fixed.

Thanks to (at least)

Aidan Hobson Sayers, Greg Troxel, Johannes Berg, Luca Carlon, Reinier Maas, Rob Browning, and Wyatt Alt