messes with file access time when performing backups
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Back In Time |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
backintime (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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backintime (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
From Debian report:
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From: Julian Gilbey <email address hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <email address hidden>
Subject: Bug#639537: backintime: messes with file access time when performing
backups
Message-ID: <email address hidden>
Reply-To: Julian Gilbey <email address hidden>, <email address hidden>
X-Mailer: reportbug 5.1.1
Package: backintime-gnome Version: 1.0.8-1 Severity: normal
Hi!
When backintime performs a backup, it does not preserve the file
access time. This means that mailbox-checking programs, such as mutt,
lose the information as to when the mailbox was last actually read.
I would recommend that backintime does something like
orig_times = os.stat(file)
[perform whichever actions required on file]
os.utime(file, (orig_times.
whenever it needs to read a file for backup purposes.
Julian
affects: | ubuntu → backintime (Ubuntu) |
Changed in backintime (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in backintime (Debian): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in backintime (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |