"passphrase" encryption mode repos can not be created since borg 1.0.
back then, users were advised to switch existing repos of that type
to repokey mode using the "borg key migrate-to-repokey" command.
that command is still available in borg 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2, but not
any more in borg >= 1.3.
while we still might see the PassphraseKey.TYPE byte in old repos,
it is handled by the RepoKey code since borg 1.0.
https://github.com/borgbackup/borg/pull/6188#discussion_r794752672
> Well, guess one could also use max(list of trusted nonce values).
>
> The real issue is if you have lost all or some of the trusted
> (client side) nonce values and you also have reason to not trust the
> server side nonce, because someone might attack you on the server.
It was unclear that the user _only_ needs to have borg installed on a remote system to use client/server mode. Hopefully this change makes it apparent that the user doesn't start anything on the remote system themselves.
locking: fix ExclusiveLock race condition bug, fixes#4923
- ExclusiveLock is now based on os.rename instead of os.mkdir.
- catch FileNotFoundError observed under race condition in ExclusiveLock.release()
and .kill_stale_lock()
- added TestExclusiveLock.test_race_condition() which reveals issue #4923
- updated docs
- locking: use "raise LockTimeout from None" for prettier traceback
Co-authored-by: Thomas Portmann <thomas@portmann.org>
Co-authored-by: Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
[DOCS] #4941 – How important is Borg config?
Add one FAQ with for $HOME/.config/borg, describing its content and how to take care of it.
Change "Default to" to "Defaults to".
Move TMPDIR to "Directories and files" section.
Add link to new FAQ for Borg config directory.
Add link to cache internals.
I used `grep -Pnr '.{100}' *.rst` to find lines >100 characters long and
reflowed them where reasonable. Line length in the docs isn't too important (it
doesn't matter once they're compiled), but it's nice not to have super-long
lines in one's editor.
Reiterate that 'file cache names are absolute'
Drive home the point that relative source names does not save you from re-chunking if absolute pathnames change.
Also: mention bind mount solution.
Fix various code blocks in the docs
- rst markup: put codeblock markup on separate line to make it better visible / separate it from normal text colons.
- borg help texts in archiver.py: put codeblock markup instead of colon - that way it looks like a single colon when using the cli help and also works as code block markup.
Manu