From 50267f1ca93f534d8271298d2f561670b32e59ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Burri Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:53:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: btrbk.conf.5: add warning on old versions of mbuffer --- doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc b/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc index a8a8026..35779a8 100644 --- a/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc +++ b/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc @@ -292,8 +292,14 @@ option in ssh_config(5). operations, but also increases system load. A suffix of "k", "m", "g", or "%" can be added to '' to denote kilobytes (*1024), megabytes, gigabytes, or a percentage of total physical - memory. Defaults to ``no''. If enabled, make sure that the - "mbuffer" command is available on the target host. + memory. Defaults to ``no''. ++ +-- +If enabled, make sure that the "mbuffer" command is available on the +target host. Note that versions of mbuffer < 20180505 suffered from +nasty bugs (infinite loops, hangs); if your main concern is a stable +backup process, leave this option disabled. +-- *rate_limit* |no:: Limit the transfer to a maximum of '' bytes per second. A