changes since 1.0 release  2001

2001 oct  if we do a find and compare or find and restore, and if no files
are found; then dialog is unhappy about displaying a list of no files and
displays an error message, and then paranoid_backup.pl displays an error
message saying that the dialog error message is not a valid list of files.

changed pbui so that if we do a find and compare or find and restore, and if
no files are found; then pbui displays a message saying no files found and
quits instead of trying to display the list of no files with dialog.

also changed pbui so that it traps the dialog error described above, but
this is theoretically not needed because the cause of the dialog error is
now trapped.

added some things to the documentation

2001 nov  fixed pbui so 't' is same command as 'T'
  fixed missing backslash in file list in make_distribution_archive
  changed make_distribution_archive so that if it crashed before restoring
the index files, and if we then ran it again, it would abort; this prevents
it from trashing the backup copies of the index files.

changes since 1.1 release

paranoid backup had been working fine for me, but then I got a new computer
and a new version of linux, and started backing up a whole network instead
of just one computer, and paranoid backup did not work so well anymore.

2002 03  fixed compare_file_lists.pl so it can handle file sizes larger
than 99999999 bytes.

fixed compare_file_lists.pl so it can handle file lists where the
first line is '.:'.

changed paranoid_backup.pl so that it uses the --numeric-uid-gid
option when it calls ls. This means that if you change user names without
changing uid numbers, paranoid backup will now recognize that the file is
not changed, even though the file now has a different owner name, because
the file still has the same owner uid number. This will be especially
useful if you are backing up multiple computers by NFS mounting the other
computers from the computer with the tape drive, and backing up all
computers simultaneously, without synchronizing the uid numbers. However,
this means that paranoid backup cannot continue a backup sequence begun
by a previous version of paranoid backup. Should I call this a major release
because it is incompatible with previous releases, even though only there
have been only small changes? No, edit the file paranoid_backup.pl and
delete '--numeric-uid-gid' from the ls command if this is a problem.

small changes to documentation and error messages.

improved restore configuration files section of pbui

changed main directory name from Paranoid_backup to Paranoidbackup

made compare_file_lists.pl more adaptable to variations in the ls output
format.

2002 04   fixed missing '$' in paranoidbackup.pl, which caused pb to fail to
delete the temporary control list when doing --compare-last-backup or
--verify-backup.

changed paranoidbackup.pl so that if you do a backup, and there is an error
creating the archive, pb will try to continue with the backup anyway.

changed pbui so that it shuts down unneeded services and unmounts unneeded
drives before running Paranoid Backup.

compare_file_lists.pl error messages give more information.

2002 05   changed paranoidbackup.pl so it splits deleted and changed files
lists which are too large.



changes since 1.2 release  2002

2002 06  added irqtune to pbui

2002 06  my tape drive ate another tape, and I have decided that tapes are
unreliable, so I have added the capability to backup to a network hard
drive.

2002 08  kxarc now automatically creates parent directories. created
lsincexc.pl, a selectively recursive ls. removed directory
excludes and controls on size of archive from compare_file_lists.pl.
changed paranoidbackup.pl to use the new versions
of lsincexc.pl and compare_file_lists.pl.

2002 10  removed backup repeat option from paranoidbackup.pl. improved
readability of paranoidbackup.pl. rewrote parts
of paranoidbackup.pl which I did not like.

