Release of amanda-2.6.0b2

Jean-Louis Martineau <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:53:48 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.archivers.amanda.announce
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Hello,

The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the second beta release of 
Amanda 2.6.0, the 2.6.0b2 release. It has a complete rewrite of the tape 
handling code (Device API).

It can be dowloaded from http://www.amanda.org or 
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120

We hope to release the final 2.6.0 soon. We appreciate if you can test 
it before the release, even a simple compilation can be useful to find 
problem on some hardware/software, report all compilation warning.

Here's a list of the changes for release 2.6.0b1 (from the NEWS file):
Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details.

    * configure --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules
      require shared libraries.  Use configure --with-static-binaries to
      build statically linked binaries.
    * 'amverify' and 'amverifyrun' are deprecated and replaced with the
      new, more flexible 'amcheckdump'
    * 'amdd' and 'ammt' are deprecated.
    * Some Amanda files are now installed in new "amanda/"
      subdirectories: libraries are now installed in $libdir/amanda and
      internal programs are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda. If you
      mix 2.6.0 and earlier version with rsh/ssh auth, you need to add
      an 'amandad_path' to the dumptype and to amanda-client.conf.
    * The amandates file, previously at /etc/amandates, is now at
      $localstatedir/amanda/amandates.  You may want to move your
      existing /etc/amandates when you upgrade Amanda.
    * New 'amcryptsimple', 'amgpgcrypt' - encryption plugins based on gpg.
    * New 'amserverconfig', 'amaddclient' - Initial Amanda configuration
      tools these tools make assumptions, please see man page.
    * Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup
    * glib is required to compile and run amanda.
    * Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting
      tapes, vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3
    * New perl modules link directly to Amanda, to support writing
      Amanda applications in Perl.
    * New 'local' security driver supports backups of the amanda server
      without any network connection or other configuration.
    * Almost 200 unit tests are available via 'make installcheck'.
    * Amanda configuration file changes
          o amanda.conf changes
                + flush-threshold-dumped
                + flush-threshold-scheduled
                + taperflush
                + device_property
                + usetimestamps default to yes

Jean-Louis

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Hello,<br>
<br>
The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the second beta release of
Amanda 2.6.0, the 2.6.0b2 release. It has a complete rewrite of the
tape handling code (Device API).<br>
<br>
It can be dowloaded from <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
 href="http://www.amanda.org">http://www.amanda.org</a> or
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
 href="https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120">https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120</a><br>
<br>
We hope to release the final 2.6.0 soon. We appreciate if you can test
it before the release, even a simple compilation can be useful to find
problem on some hardware/software, report all compilation warning.<br>
<br>
Here's a list of the changes for release 2.6.0b1 (from the NEWS file):<br>
Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details.<br>
<ul>
  <li>configure --disable-shared doesn't work because perl modules
require shared libraries.&nbsp; Use configure --with-static-binaries to
build statically linked binaries.</li>
  <li>'amverify' and 'amverifyrun' are deprecated and replaced with the
new, more flexible 'amcheckdump'</li>
  <li>'amdd' and 'ammt' are deprecated.</li>
  <li>Some Amanda files are now installed in new "amanda/"
subdirectories: libraries are now installed in $libdir/amanda and
internal programs are now installed in $libexecdir/amanda. If you mix
2.6.0 and earlier version with rsh/ssh auth, you need to add an
'amandad_path' to the dumptype and to amanda-client.conf.<br>
  </li>
  <li>The amandates file, previously at /etc/amandates, is now at
$localstatedir/amanda/amandates.&nbsp; You may want to move your existing
/etc/amandates when you upgrade Amanda.</li>
  <li>New 'amcryptsimple', 'amgpgcrypt' - encryption plugins based on
gpg.</li>
  <li>New 'amserverconfig', 'amaddclient' - Initial Amanda
configuration tools these tools make assumptions, please see man page.</li>
  <li>Many bugs fixed and code rewrite/cleanup</li>
  <li>glib is required to compile and run amanda.</li>
  <li>Device API: pluggable interface to storage devices, supporting
tapes, vtapes, RAIT, and Amazon S3</li>
  <li>New perl modules link directly to Amanda, to support writing
Amanda applications in Perl.</li>
  <li>New 'local' security driver supports backups of the amanda server
without any network connection or other configuration.</li>
  <li>Almost 200 unit tests are available via 'make installcheck'.</li>
  <li>Amanda configuration file changes</li>
  <ul>
    <li>amanda.conf changes</li>
    <ul>
      <li>flush-threshold-dumped</li>
      <li>flush-threshold-scheduled</li>
      <li>taperflush</li>
      <li>device_property</li>
      <li>usetimestamps default to yes</li>
    </ul>
  </ul>
</ul>
Jean-Louis<br>
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