#1613 Issue closed: There are use cases for mkrescue/mkbackuponly with BACKUP_URL=iso¶

Labels: enhancement, fixed / solved / done, minor bug

jsmeix opened issue at 2017-12-01 08:47:¶

Since
https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/1549
mkrescue/mkbackuponly errors out with BACKUP_URL=iso
because of
https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/1545
https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/1547
https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/1548
but
https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/1596#issuecomment-347955896
indicates that there are (special) use cases for
mkrescue/mkbackuponly with BACKUP_URL=iso
so that the hardcoded Error should be replaced with
a UserInput dialog that errors out by default to be on the safe side
but the user can actively intervene to run mkrescue/mkbackuponly
even with BACKUP_URL=iso when he really wants that.

This follows my general principle that the user must
always have ready-made means of final power to decide
and enforce what ReaR should do and then ReaR must obey.

I consider missing ready-made means of final power
as "minor bug" and adding them as "enhancement".

By the way:
I do not consider "just change the (open source) code"
as a ready-made mean of final power for the user.

jsmeix commented at 2017-12-01 09:50:¶

I will "just merge" https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/1614
unless there are immediate furious objections against
providing ready to use final power to our users ;-)

jsmeix commented at 2017-12-01 10:43:¶

With https://github.com/rear/rear/pull/1614 merged
I consider this issue to be fixed.

@N3WWN
to provide an automated response run ReaR in debug mode '-d'
so that the UserInput function shows its ID like

UserInput -I BACKUP_URL_ISO_PROCEED_MKRESCUE needed ...

Then you can specify a predefined input for that particular
UserInput call e.g. via

# export USER_INPUT_BACKUP_URL_ISO_PROCEED_MKRESCUE=Yes

or specify that in your local.conf (no 'export' needed there).
For details see the USER_INPUT_ variables in default.conf

N3WWN commented at 2017-12-05 17:04:¶

Thanks @jsmeix !

jsmeix commented at 2017-12-06 13:08:¶

@N3WWN
could you describe your particular use case for
mkrescue/mkbackuponly with BACKUP_URL=iso
because I still have no idea why that could be useful
and/or how that could actually work.

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