From 919d7573c3059e1b519fbd4b1d27f497ed414167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Helfman Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 20:52:29 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Upgrading instructions to super clarify Python 3 upgrade. --- README.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6c25de2..c87c2f7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ To install borgmatic, run the following command to download and install it: sudo pip install --upgrade borgmatic Make sure you're using Python 3, as borgmatic does not support Python 2. (You -may have to use "pip3" instead of "pip".) +may have to use "pip3" or similar instead of "pip".) Then, generate a sample configuration file: @@ -84,8 +84,12 @@ following: sudo pip install --upgrade borgmatic +(You may have to use "pip3" or similar instead of "pip", so Python 3 gets +used.) + However, see below about special cases. + ### Upgrading from borgmatic 1.0.x borgmatic changed its configuration file format in version 1.1.0 from @@ -93,9 +97,22 @@ INI-style to YAML. This better supports validation, and has a more natural way to express lists of values. To upgrade your existing configuration, first upgrade to the new version of borgmatic: +As of version 1.1.0, borgmatic no longer supports Python 2. If you were +already running borgmatic with Python 3, then you can simply upgrade borgmatic +in-place: + sudo pip install --upgrade borgmatic -Then, run: +But if you were running borgmatic with Python 2, uninstall and reinstall instead: + + sudo pip uninstall borgmatic + sudo pip3 install borgmatic + +The pip binary names for different versions of Python can differ, so the above +commands may need some tweaking to work on your machine. + + +Once borgmatic is upgraded, run: sudo upgrade-borgmatic-config