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Bug 62431 - The backup conduit mangles important data base info.
The backup conduit mangles important data base info.
Status: VERIFIED INCOMPLETE
Product: gnome-pilot
Classification: Other
Component: conduit: backup
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal blocker
: ---
Assigned To: gnome-pilot Maintainers
gnome-pilot Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2001-10-16 10:45 UTC by Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira
Modified: 2009-08-15 18:40 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
The pilot-link backed up LaucherDB data base. (1.42 KB, application/octet-stream)
2001-10-16 10:47 UTC, Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira 		Details
The gnome-pilot backed up LaucherDB data base. (1.15 KB, application/octet-stream)
2001-10-16 10:47 UTC, Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira 		Details

Description Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira 2001-10-16 10:45:08 UTC 
The backup conduit mangles some data base information during backup, making
it pointless, or even impossible in some cases, to restore the data base to
the pilot. In the data bases of the "standard" applications, the
information lost is the categories information. In particular, this makes
the pilot crash if I try to restore the LaucherDB data base.

I have made the same backup using pilot link directly and the information
was intact. I have noticed the error since gnome pilot version 0.1.61. I'm
using the ximian packages in a RedHat 6.2 system, with the old
control-panel, since my conduits ware configured and working.

I'm attaching two versions of the LaucherDB, backed up by pilot-link and
gnome-pilot.

Relevant versions:

gnome-pilot-0.1.61-ximian.3
pilot-link-0.9.5-ximian.1
control-center-1.4.0.1-ximian.5
Comment 1 Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira 2001-10-16 10:47:06 UTC 
Created attachment 5834 [details]
The pilot-link backed up LaucherDB data base.
Comment 2 Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira 2001-10-16 10:47:52 UTC 
Created attachment 5835 [details]
The gnome-pilot backed up LaucherDB data base.
Comment 3 dserodio 2001-10-16 22:24:55 UTC 
gnome-pilot 0.1.54 (Debian Woody) messes up the categories too...
Comment 4 Håvard Wigtil 2002-04-23 10:44:34 UTC 
I'm pretty sure this was fixed, but I don't remember when. Are you
still seeing this problem?
Comment 5 Gustavo Maciel Dias Vieira 2002-04-28 12:31:50 UTC 
I have in the past used a version of Gnome Pilot with this bug fixed.
However, I'm not using it now, so I can't assert conclusively :) this
bug is no more.

It is very easy to test, back with gnome pilot, back with pilot-link,
diff, if not the same (binary) the bug is back.
Comment 6 Elijah Newren 2002-12-07 19:38:15 UTC 
Well, if this "bug is no more" as Gustavo says, then I'm going to
close it.  Gustavo: Thanks for following up.