borgmatic: error: argument : invalid choice: 'compact' #624

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macguirerintoul · 2022-12-23T19:15:43Z

macguirerintoul commented

2022-12-23 19:15:43 +00:00

Thanks for the awesome tool!

What I'm trying to do and why

Use borgmatic to compact a repository

Steps to reproduce (if a bug)

$ borgmatic compact

Actual behavior (if a bug)

➜  ~ borgmatic compact --verbosity 2
usage: borgmatic [-h] [-c [CONFIG_PATHS ...]] [--excludes EXCLUDES_FILENAME] [-n] [-nc] [-v {-1,0,1,2}] [--syslog-verbosity {-1,0,1,2}] [--log-file-verbosity {-1,0,1,2}] [--monitoring-verbosity {-1,0,1,2}]
                 [--log-file LOG_FILE] [--override SECTION.OPTION=VALUE [SECTION.OPTION=VALUE ...]] [--version]
                 ...
borgmatic: error: argument : invalid choice: 'compact' (choose from 'init', '--init', '-I', 'prune', '--prune', '-p', 'create', '--create', '-C', 'check', '--check', '-k', 'extract', '--extract', '-x', 'export-tar', '--export-tar', 'mount', '--mount', '-m', 'umount', '--umount', '-u', 'restore', '--restore', '-r', 'list', '--list', '-l', 'info', '--info', '-i', 'borg')
Error parsing arguments: /usr/bin/borgmatic compact --verbosity 2

Need some help? https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#issues

Expected behavior (if a bug)

borgmatic compacts the repository

Other notes / implementation ideas

N/A

Environment

borgmatic version: 1.5.20

borgmatic installation method: apt install borgmatic

Borg version: borg 1.2.0

Python version: Python 3.10.6

Database version (if applicable): N/A

operating system and version: Linux ubuntu 5.15.0-56-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 22 19:54:14 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thanks for the awesome tool! #### What I'm trying to do and why Use borgmatic to compact a repository #### Steps to reproduce (if a bug) 1. `$ borgmatic compact` #### Actual behavior (if a bug) ``` ➜ ~ borgmatic compact --verbosity 2 usage: borgmatic [-h] [-c [CONFIG_PATHS ...]] [--excludes EXCLUDES_FILENAME] [-n] [-nc] [-v {-1,0,1,2}] [--syslog-verbosity {-1,0,1,2}] [--log-file-verbosity {-1,0,1,2}] [--monitoring-verbosity {-1,0,1,2}] [--log-file LOG_FILE] [--override SECTION.OPTION=VALUE [SECTION.OPTION=VALUE ...]] [--version] ... borgmatic: error: argument : invalid choice: 'compact' (choose from 'init', '--init', '-I', 'prune', '--prune', '-p', 'create', '--create', '-C', 'check', '--check', '-k', 'extract', '--extract', '-x', 'export-tar', '--export-tar', 'mount', '--mount', '-m', 'umount', '--umount', '-u', 'restore', '--restore', '-r', 'list', '--list', '-l', 'info', '--info', '-i', 'borg') Error parsing arguments: /usr/bin/borgmatic compact --verbosity 2 Need some help? https://torsion.org/borgmatic/#issues ``` #### Expected behavior (if a bug) borgmatic compacts the repository #### Other notes / implementation ideas N/A #### Environment **borgmatic version:** `1.5.20` **borgmatic installation method:** `apt install borgmatic` **Borg version:** `borg 1.2.0` **Python version:** `Python 3.10.6` **Database version (if applicable):** N/A **operating system and version:** `Linux ubuntu 5.15.0-56-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 22 19:54:14 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux`

witten commented

2022-12-23 20:28:00 +00:00

Time to upgrade borgmatic! 😄 The "compact" feature was introduced in borgmatic 1.5.23. I see that you installed via apt in Ubuntu, which may or may not have a newer version of borgmatic available. So you might consider one of the other installation methods which would have newer versions. Failing that, you can try borgmatic borg compact with your existing installation.

Hope that helps!

Time to upgrade borgmatic! 😄 The "compact" feature was introduced in borgmatic 1.5.23. I see that you installed via `apt` in Ubuntu, which may or may not have a newer version of borgmatic available. So you might consider one of the [other installation methods](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/set-up-backups/#installation) which would have newer versions. Failing that, you can try [`borgmatic borg compact`](https://torsion.org/borgmatic/docs/how-to/run-arbitrary-borg-commands/) with your existing installation. Hope that helps!

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macguirerintoul referenced this issue

2022-12-23 21:35:59 +00:00

add borgmatic minimum version to compact docs #624 #625

macguirerintoul commented

2022-12-23 21:38:00 +00:00

Thanks a lot, I appreciate the thorough reply! I'm using the LTS version of Ubuntu server (Jammy Jellyfish), for which the latest borgmatic version published is 1.5.20-1

Thanks a lot, I appreciate the thorough reply! I'm using the LTS version of Ubuntu server (Jammy Jellyfish), for which the latest borgmatic version published is `1.5.20-1`

witten referenced this issue from a commit

2022-12-23 22:11:47 +00:00

Add borgmatic minimum version to compact docs (#624).

witten commented

2022-12-23 22:14:37 +00:00

Yup, that package is controlled by the Ubuntu maintainers, so unfortunately it isn't always up to date. I merged your PR, so I'll call this done for now! Let me know if you need help with anything else.

witten closed this issue

2022-12-23 22:14:37 +00:00

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