Description of problem: Any changes to BackuppC's configuration using the web interface results in BackupPC exiting with an error. This problem does not occur on Fedora 34 with BackupPC 4.4.0 & Perl v5.32.1. It appears that arrays are being changed into strings. Apologise in advance as this is my first hand written bug report. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): BackupPC 4.4.0 & Perl v5.34.1 How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: Any change to the configuration using the web interface Actual results: Web interface reports error: Not an ARRAY reference at /usr/share/BackupPC/lib/BackupPC/CGI/Lib.pm line 468. Log file states: Can't use string ("23") as an ARRAY ref while "strict refs" in use at /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC line 868. Expected results: Additional info:
I haven't updated yet to Fedora 36 but I'm installing in a virtual machine right now.
Purely a guess that it's the problem, but it looks like curly braces {} are being replaced with ().
Upstream issue submitted.
There was an earlier issue reported on github but no progress. https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/457
https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/466 has a solution. It is a small patch that can easily be done manually till things get sorted out by packagers as well.
FEDORA-2022-4068ae6010 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 36. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-4068ae6010
FEDORA-2022-5248dee7a8 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 37. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-5248dee7a8
FEDORA-2022-5248dee7a8 has been pushed to the Fedora 37 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2022-5248dee7a8` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-5248dee7a8 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2022-4068ae6010 has been pushed to the Fedora 36 testing repository. Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command: `sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2022-4068ae6010` You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-4068ae6010 See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
FEDORA-2022-4068ae6010 has been pushed to the Fedora 36 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
FEDORA-2022-5248dee7a8 has been pushed to the Fedora 37 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.