Release of amanda-3.1.1

Hello,

The Amanda core team is pleased to announce the release of Amanda 3.1.1. 
It is a bug file release.


Source tarballs are available from

    * http://www.amanda.org
    * https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=120

Binaries for many systems are available from

    * http://www.zmanda.com/download-amanda.php

Documentation can be found at

    * http://wiki.zmanda.com


Here's a list of the changes for release 3.1.0 and 3.1.1 (from the NEWS 
file):
Look at the ReleaseNotes and ChangeLog file for more details.

    * Deprecated old changers; see amanda-changers(7) for replacements.
      These changers are still available in the distribution, but will
      be removed in a future release.
          o chg-null
          o chg-zd-mtx
          o chg-rait
          o chg-disk
          o chg-multi
    * Although chg-zd-mtx is still supported, we recommend that all
      users upgrade to the more efficient chg-robot.  See
      contrib/convert-zd-mtx-to-robot.sh for a useful conversion script.
    * Amanda server configuration file changes (amanda.conf)
          o deprecated configuration keywords:
                + label_new_tapes
          o keywords deprecated in 3.1:
                + rawtapedev
                + tapebufs
                + file-pad
          o new configuration keyword
                + autolabel   -- replace label_new_tapes
                + columnspec  -- can specify a precision.
                + order       -- in script, to specify script order
                  execution.
                + client_port -- in dumptype, to specify which port to
                  connect on the client.
                + estimate    -- in dumptype, can specify multiple
                  estimate method.
          o accept 'define' keyword for defining an holdingdisk
    * Amanda client configuration file changes (amanda-client.conf)
          o new configuration keyword
                + debug_days  -- how many days to keep debug files.
                + client_port -- use by amrecover, specify which port to
                  connect on the server.
    * Removed compile-time default --with-changer-device: specify a
      device explicitly in amanda.conf instead
    *  amtape behavior has changed:
          o 'device' subcommand removed
          o 'slot advance' subcommand removed
          o 'update' subcommand no longer displays each slot as it is
            updated, and is not supported by all changers
          o  taperscan output has changed
          o new 'inventory' subcommand
    * amrmtape rewrite
          o use long option
                + --changer    -- Specify which changer to use
                + --cleanup    -- Remove logs and indexes associated
                  with label
                + --dryrun     -- do not update the original copies.
                + --erase      -- Attempt to erase the data contained on
                  the volume
                + -keep-label -- Do not remove label from the tapelist
                + --quiet      -- Opposite of --verbose
                + --verbose    -- List backups of hosts and disks that
                  are being discarded.
    * amdevcheck
          o new --label option.
          o new --properties option.
    * Device API
          o changed wildcard setting for S3_BUCKET_LOCATION from "" to "*"
          o new 'ndmp:' device to write to a tape on an ndmp server.
          o new 'dvdrw:' device to write to a dvd drive.
    * Application API
          o new properties to many applications
          o amgtar
                + new ACLS, SELINUX and XATTRS properties
          o amsamba
                + Allow '\' in diskname and amandapass.
                + new ALLOW-ANONYMOUS property.
          o new applications:
                + ampgsql  -- Backup PostgreSQL using continuous WAL
                  archiving
                + amsuntar -- Backup filesytem with the SUN tar
                + amraw    -- Backup only one directory entry
    * New taper, with DirectTCP support, changed tape and catalog format:
          o all dumpfiles are now F_SPLIT_DUMPFILE
          o all on-tape dumpfiles have numparts=-1, since it's no longer
            possible to calculate this value in advance
          o there is no logging or reporting of zero-byte, successful
            parts (this may cause gaps in filenums in the catalog)
    * Redesigned amreport
          o much more natural command-line interface (just run 'amreport
            $config')
          o experimental XML output
    * configuration override for dumptype works with inheritance.

Jean-Louis