[Box Backup] Re: Bug#435860: boxbackup-client: AlwaysInclude[File|Dir] is not working as expected

[Reinhard Tartler]

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Hi boxbackup developers.

I tried to forwarded the following bug in the trac, but I keep on
getting the error: "Submission rejected as potential spam (Akismet says
content is spam)". I'm therefore forced to submit this bug via email.

This bug was originally received at the debian bug tracking
system. Please retain the CC in your answers.

Andreas Putzo <andreas@putzo.net> writes:

> Package: boxbackup-client
> Version: 0.10+really0.10-1
> Severity: important
>
> Hi,
>
> from the config file:
>
> # The exclude directives are of the form
> #
> #	[Exclude|AlwaysInclude][File|Dir][|sRegex] = regex or full pathname
> [..]
> # In general, Exclude excludes a file or directory, unless the directory is
> # explicitly mentioned in a AlwaysInclude directive.
>
> BackupLocations
> {
> 	home
> 		{
>             Path = /home/andreas
>             ExcludeDir = /home/andreas/chroot
>             AlwaysIncludeDir = /home/andreas/chroot/sid/home/andreas
> 		}
>
> }
>
> I expected that /home/andreas/chroot/sid/home/andreas would be
> included in the backup but this is not the case.
> boxbackup is running several days now so it should be there, even in
> lazy mode.
>
> Cheers, Andreas
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.11+x40 (PREEMPT)
> Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
>
> Versions of packages boxbackup-client depends on:
> ii  debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.13             Debian configuration management sy
> ii  libc6                 2.5-9+b1           GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> ii  libdb4.3              4.3.29-8           Berkeley v4.3 Database Libraries [
> ii  libedit2              2.9.cvs.20050518-3 BSD editline and history libraries
> ii  libgcc1               1:4.2-20070609-1   GCC support library
> ii  libssl0.9.8           0.9.8e-5           SSL shared libraries
> ii  libstdc++6            4.2-20070609-1     The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
> ii  openssl               0.9.8e-5           Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a
> ii  perl                  5.8.8-7            Larry Wall's Practical Extraction 
> ii  ucf                   3.001              Update Configuration File: preserv
> ii  zlib1g                1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-5   compression library - runtime
>
> boxbackup-client recommends no packages.
>
> -- debconf information:
>   boxbackup-client/MaxUploadWait: 86400
>   boxbackup-client/incorrectAccountNumber:
>   boxbackup-client/IncorrectNumber:
>   boxbackup-client/incorrectDirectories:
> * boxbackup-client/notifyMail: root
> * boxbackup-client/debconf: true
> * boxbackup-client/generateCertificate: true
>   boxbackup-client/UpdateStoreInterval: 3600
> * boxbackup-client/backupMode: lazy
> * boxbackup-client/backupServer: somewhere
> * boxbackup-client/backupDirs: somedirs
>   boxbackup-client/MinimumFileAge: 21600
> * boxbackup-client/accountNumber: 1

-- 
Gruesse/greetings,
Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4