[ZendTo] nightly-clear-up erase files during upgrade process

[Jules]

Arnaud,

A fix for this will be in the next release.

Cheers,
Jules.

On 19/04/2020 12:26, Jules via ZendTo wrote:
> Arnaud,
>
> Sorry about that!
> Yes, I currently have the post-install script in the rpm and deb 
> packages automatically run the nightly clear-up script, as that gives 
> it a chance to do the other main thing that script does, which is 
> apply any needed db schema changes.
> I clearly need to add a command-line parameter to it, so it won't 
> delete anything, and use that extra switch when I call it from the 
> post-install scripts.
>
> Thanks for pointing that one out to me!
>
> Cheers,
> Jules.
>
> On 19/04/2020 11:51, arnaud Chevalier via ZendTo wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I hope everyone's okay.
>>
>> I did an upgrade of zendto from 5.17 to the last one. (apt-get -y 
>> upgrade)
>> The upgrade did well, except nightly-clear-up erased everything 
>> following the default retention before i had the time to launch 
>> /opt/zendto/bin/upgrade.
>> Anyway i rolled back to the pre-upgrade snapshot.
>> I think i missed something during the process.
>>
>> Could you tell me what i missed?
>>
>> I wish you a nice day.
>>
>> Arnaud
>>
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