1 2Notable changes in 0.30.1 as compared to 0.30 3============================================= 4 5May require attention 6--------------------- 7 8* Previous versions of bup might have saved filesystem directories 9 with incorrect metadata, but the file contents should be fine. This 10 could have happened if bup encountered an error while trying to read 11 the metadata for one of the files in a directory, or if bup were 12 asked to save two different files with the same name to the same 13 destination directory (e.g. via the strip/graft options). In cases 14 where this has happened bup may present either generic or incorrect 15 metadata for some of the paths in the affected directory. 16 17* The way `bup index --fake-valid` works has been made to match the 18 documentation in the man page so that it can actually be used for 19 the stated purpose (of avoiding 'boring' files.) 20 21General 22------- 23 24* bup should more accurately recognize git versions. Previously, for 25 example, it would reject relase candidates like "1.5.2-rc3" 26 or (apparently) "1.5.2-rc3 (something ...)". 27 28* When `BUP_ASSUME_GIT_VERSION_IS_FINE` is set to true, yes or 1 in 29 the environment, bup will assume the version of git that's 30 available in the `PATH` is acceptable, and skip the version check. 31 32Bugs 33---- 34 35* bup should close files more aggressively during various operations 36 which, for example, should return space to the filesystem sooner 37 during midx operations, whether explicit as `bup midx ...` or 38 implicit during other operations like `bup save`. Previously, it 39 could leave deleted files open, preventing their space from being 40 returned until bup exited. Similar improvements should prevent bup 41 from crashing during some operations like `gc` on filesystems that 42 don't actually remove a deleted files's path from a directory until 43 it the file is closed. 44 45* bup should no longer crash when trying to read the target of 46 synthetic symlinks like `/BRANCH/latest`. For example: 47 48 File "/usr/local/lib/bup/bup/vfs.py", line 524, in _compute_item_size 49 return len(_readlink(repo, item.oid)) 50 AttributeError: 'FakeLink' object has no attribute 'oid' 51 52* `bup bloom` should notice that it needs to regenerate the filter in 53 some cases. For example, it was supposed to regenerate the filter 54 if the `-k` value changed, but it wouldn't. 55 56* The DESIGN document is clearer about the fact that `bup save 57 --smaller` will actually omit larger files from the saved tree 58 entirely. 59 60* Failing to specify a port for `bup web` on the command line (only 61 specifying a hostname) should no longer cause an unrelated syntax 62 error. 63 64* Commit date timezone offsets of 0 will no longer be interpreted 65 as local time instead in some cases. 66 67* bup should release some midx-related data structures (mmap, etc.) 68 immediately on close, instead of relying on garbage collection. 69 70* A memory leak caused by some of bup's C-level stat calls has been 71 fixed. 72 73* Some syntax issues in the manpages have been fixed. 74 75Build system 76------------ 77 78* The automated tests have moved from FreeBSD 11.2 to 12.1. 79 80* t/test-fuse should be more portable. In particular, a compatibility 81 issue with Fedora 31 has been fixed, and it should be less affected 82 by local timezone variances. 83 84* Some internal build dependencies have been fixed. 85 86Thanks to (at least) 87==================== 88 89Aidan Hobson Sayers, Greg Troxel, Johannes Berg, Luca Carlon, Reinier 90Maas, Rob Browning, and Wyatt Alt 91