BackInTime running as root doesn't backup anything, telling "no backup needed"

Bug #1930037 reported by Miroslav Zaťko
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backintime (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

1)
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Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04
(same with
Description: Ubuntu 21.04
Release: 21.04
)

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2)
backintime 1.2.1-2

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3)
run backup as configured
It is configured to backup whole /etc directory with Only default exclusions

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4)
after few seconds "no backup needed" message appears. Not even first ever snapshot is taken. Nothing is backed up even when I check "Take new snapshot regardless of there were changes or not"

summary: - BackInTime running as root doesn't backup anythig claiming "no backup
+ BackInTime running as root doesn't backup anything, telling "no backup
needed"
description: updated
Revision history for this message
buhtz (buhtz) wrote :

Please re-open and report back if you can reproduce the problem with the latest upstream(!) version Back In Time. Please feel free to open a bug ticket at the upstream project https://github.com/bit-team/backintime

Be aware that the latest version (1.3.3-4) in Ubuntu is out dated.

Changed in backintime (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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