Backup problems after upgrading 0.65 -> 0.66

informatom · December 20, 2023, 4:46pm

Ok, problem solved:
My installation was missing the patched version for the backup script that was discussed in

and can be found in

mail-in-a-box/mailinabox/blob/main/management/backup.py

#!/usr/local/lib/mailinabox/env/bin/python

# This script performs a backup of all user data:
# 1) System services are stopped.
# 2) STORAGE_ROOT/backup/before-backup is executed if it exists.
# 3) An incremental encrypted backup is made using duplicity.
# 4) The stopped services are restarted.
# 5) STORAGE_ROOT/backup/after-backup is executed if it exists.

import os, os.path, shutil, glob, re, datetime, sys
import dateutil.parser, dateutil.relativedelta, dateutil.tz
import rtyaml
from exclusiveprocess import Lock

from utils import load_environment, shell, wait_for_service

def backup_status(env):
	# If backups are dissbled, return no status.
	config = get_backup_config(env)
	if config["target"] == "off":

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Copied in the latest version, ran backup manually and now I’m fine.
I have no Idea, why the reinstall didn’t update the backup script.