rsbackup 8.0 | pre-volume-hook / post-volume-hook is executed even if there is no backup necessary

[Richard Kettlewell]

On 25/07/2023 09:36, Samuel Wolf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have the following host configuration:
> 
> host winsrv
>    hostname localhost
>    backup-policy daily
>    prune-parameter min-backups 14
>    prune-parameter prune-age 30d
>    max-age 1d
>    rsync-extra-options
>    volume VAULT /mnt/mpoint/windowsshare/VAULT
>          pre-volume-hook /etc/rsbackup/scripts/pre-winsrv.sh
>          post-volume-hook /etc/rsbackup/scripts/post-winsrv.sh
> 
> Why pre-volume-hook / post-volume-hook will always executed even if
> there is no backup necessary?
> 
> INFO: winsrv:VAULT is already backed up on ehddbackupserver
> 
> Is there any option to change this procedure?

This doesn't seem like great behavior, indeed. It should be fixed in the 
next release.

ttfn/rjk