backup-manager package shipped with mageia 6 is plainly broken, as an unoticed change in the upstream Makefile results in build root directory path being included in resulting binary. Just try to run it: [root@host ~]## backup-manager /usr/sbin/backup-manager: line 62: /home/iurt/rpmbuild/BUILDROOT/backup-manager-0.7.13-1.mga6.i386//usr/lib/backup-manager/externals.sh: No such file or directory Soon-to-be-uploaded backup-manager-0.7.13-1.1.mga6, in updates_testing, fixes the issue. Suggested advisory: backup-manager package shipped with mageia 6 (backup-manager-0.7.13-1.mga6) is plainly broken, due to a build issue. Updated package (backup-manager-0.7.13-1.1.mga6) fixes the issue.
I can confirm the problem with the current version, but testing not yet updated with new one??
CC: (none) => herman.viaene
Yes, Guillaume you are now allowed to push in testing :)
MGA6-32 on Asus A6000VM MATE No installation issues. But launching as root at CLI and trying to find some process: # backup-manager [root@mach6 ~]# ps -ef | grep back root 16 2 0 12:15 ? 00:00:00 [writeback] root 2856 2 0 12:16 ? 00:00:00 [NFSv4 callback] root 17145 15768 0 12:49 pts/1 00:00:00 grep --color back As you see, the command does not return anything, and no process found, nothing happens on the laptop. And # journalctl -b | grep backup jul 26 12:47:20 mach6.hviaene.thuis [RPM][15433]: erase backup-manager-0.7.13-1.mga6.noarch: success jul 26 12:47:23 mach6.hviaene.thuis [RPM][15433]: install backup-manager-0.7.13-1.1.mga6.noarch: success jul 26 12:47:23 mach6.hviaene.thuis [RPM][15433]: erase backup-manager-0.7.13-1.mga6.noarch: success jul 26 12:47:27 mach6.hviaene.thuis [RPM][15433]: install backup-manager-0.7.13-1.1.mga6.noarch: success Why the installation is shown twice I have no idea, but nothing else has been logged.
if the command returns, it means the program finished its execution. Uunless it is running in the background as a daemon, which is not the case here. In order to test it, you'd rather check the expected result instead of assuming anything from the output: given default configuration, it should backup the content of /etc and /boot directories as .tar.gz files under /var/lib/backup-manager.
@ Guillaume Found files as indicated plus todays backups. Did some reading on backupmanager and deleted its file from /etc/cron.daily to avoid accumulating backups on this small system. But correct working demonstrated hereby.
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA6-32-OK
Bug confirmed, and the update candidate fixes it on Mageia 6 x86_64.
Whiteboard: MGA6-32-OK => MGA6-32-OK MGA6-64-OK
Whiteboard: MGA6-32-OK MGA6-64-OK => advisory MGA6-32-OK MGA6-64-OKKeywords: (none) => validated_updateCC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs
An update for this issue has been pushed to the Mageia Updates repository. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2017-0043.html
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED