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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ --- -title: Obnam – a backup system +title: Obnam — a backup system ... -# Obnam – a backup system +# Obnam — a backup system Obnam2 is a project to develop a backup system. @@ -22,44 +22,44 @@ The Rust dependencies are handled automatically by the Cargo tool on all platforms. The other dependencies are, not including ones needed merely for building Debian packages: -* [daemonize](http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/) – a tool +* [daemonize](http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/) — a tool for running a command as a daemon in the background; needed for testing, so that the Obnam server can be started and stopped by the Obnam test suite. * [SQLite](https://sqlite.org), specifically its development library - component – an SQL database engine that stores the whole + component — an SQL database engine that stores the whole database in a file and can be used as a library rather then run as a service. * [OpenSSL](https://www.openssl.org), specifically its development - library component known as `libssl-dev` – a library that + library component known as `libssl-dev` — a library that implments TLS, which Obnam uses for communication between its client and server parts. -* [moreutils](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) – a collection +* [moreutils](https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/) — a collection of handy utilities, of which the Obnam test suite uses the `chronic` tool to hide output of successful commands. -* [pkg-config](http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org) – a tool for +* [pkg-config](http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org) — a tool for managing compile and link time flags; needed so that the OpenSSL library can be linked into the Obnam binaries. * [Python 3](https://www.python.org/), [Requests](http://python-requests.org), - [PYYAML](https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml) – programming + [PYYAML](https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml) — programming language and libraries for it, used by the Obnam test suite. -* [Subplot](https://subplot.liw.fi) – a tool for documenting +* [Subplot](https://subplot.liw.fi) — a tool for documenting acceptance criteria and verifying that they are met. -* [TeX Live](http://www.tug.org/texlive/) – a typesetting system +* [TeX Live](http://www.tug.org/texlive/) — a typesetting system for generating PDF versions of documentation. The LaTeX implementation and fonts are needed, not the full suite. None of Tex Live is needed, if PDFs aren't needed, but `./check` does not currently have a way to be told not to generate PDFs. -* [Summain](https://summain.liw.fi) – a tool for generating +* [Summain](https://summain.liw.fi) — a tool for generating manifests of files. Used by the Obnam test suite to verify restored data matches the original data. |