Mailman 3 June 2025 - Bit-dev

Change permissions on newly created backup directories to more restrict"0700"?
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp June 26, 2025

June 26, 2025

Hey folks, I am interested in your opinions. Currently the backup destination folder get its permissions from the operating systems umask settings. There is a 14 year old issue (<https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/377>) requesting to change that behavior. Are there any concerns or objections against that BIT set by default the permissions to 0700 (rwx------) for the backup destination? Regards, Christian

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ssh-agent and TravisCI
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp June 26, 2025

June 26, 2025

Hello, we do have pending PR with a failing test on TravisCI but passing test on local machines. <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/pull/2170> The ssh-agent is somehow involved. David and me, we are out of ideas. Maybe someone of you has an idea? I think about just skipping that test on Travis. Regards, Christian

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EncFS passwords: Where do they come from?
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025

Hello Folks, I try to dive into a specific topic related to Back In Time. Even after reading the code it is not clear for me how this works. Maybe one of you know it or wan't to dive into the code also? ;) I configured an encfs profile with password. Restart the system. Yes! Open the BIT GUI and I will be asked for a password. I type in the password and everything is fine. Closing and reopening the GUI. No question for password. It seems the password is somehow cached? Two major question about that behavior: 1. How and where is it cached? 2. How does BIT knows it is cached? Where in that code can I find it. It is hard to place debug-print statements because several processes (e.g. password.py) seem to be involved in that. Thanks in advance Christian

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Makefile problem
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025

Hello, I do have a problem with the Makefile (in "common") and maybe some of you have more experience with it. In the latest dev version, the Makefile in "common" [1] does call a script named "build_manpages.sh" [2]. That script does call "asciidoctor". If "asciidoctor" is not installed that script gives an error message (and "exit 1"). I do see this error message when calling "./configure & make". But "make" itself does not recognize that error. The exit code of "make" does not indicate that there was an error. If there are other errors while "make" is running the last message usually will look like this: make: *** [Makefile:19: install] Error 2 But when that error about the missing asciidoctor occur make does not give that error message at the end. I don't know what I am doing wrong. I think I miss some shell magic and Unix basics here. ;) Regards, Christian Buhtz [1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/74e2030e017f9126eb5b75c643c1241…> [2] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/blob/dev/doc/manpages/build_manpages…>

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Release - Back In time 1.5.5
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp June 5, 2025

June 5, 2025

Hello, please allow me to announce the latest release of version 1.5.5. This is a hotfix release targeting the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 13 "Trixie". Full release notes: <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/releases/tag/v1.5.5> Regards, Christian Buhtz

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Upcoming hotfix release 1.5.5
by c.buhtz＠posteo.jp June 2, 2025

June 2, 2025

Hello, I just want to announce that I'll release a hotfix in the next days, with version number 1.5.5. The bug [1] is contained in latst release 1.5.4 and affects users creating a fresh SSH profile using an SSH key with a passphrase. A fix is in the making[2]. The bug is brought to attention of Debian [3]. And I am assuming that 1.5.5 will be allowed, despite the current Hard Freeze [4][5], to be released within upcoming Debian 14 "Trixie". Regards, Christian Buhtz [1] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/issues/2164> [2] -- <https://github.com/bit-team/backintime/pull/2163> [3] -- <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1106754> [4] -- <https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html#summary> [5] -- <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/05/msg00004.html>

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