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Direct download links page: https://support.crashplan.com/hc/en-us/articles/8717685436173#Direct_download_links

@gadicc, I added some pacman hooks to handle setting/unsetting the immutable flag:

Sets immutable flag after install/upgrade:

[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Operation = Install
Type = Package
Target = crashplan-pro

[Action]
Description = Set immutability of Crashplan Pro upgrade directory
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/bash -c "rm -rf /opt/crashplan/upgrade/*; chattr +i /opt/crashplan/upgrade"`

Unsets immutable flag before upgrade/remove:

[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Operation = Remove
Type = Package
Target = crashplan-pro

[Action]
Description = Undo immutability of Crashplan Pro upgrade directory
When = PreTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/bash -c "chattr -i /opt/crashplan/upgrade"```

Their "App Downloads" page hasn't been updated with a download link for 6.9.1 yet.

@gadicc, I added some pacman hooks to handle setting/unsetting the immutable flag:

Sets immutable flag after install/upgrade:

[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Operation = Install
Type = Package
Target = crashplan-pro

[Action]
Description = Set immutability of Crashplan Pro upgrade directory
When = PostTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/bash -c "rm -rf /opt/crashplan/upgrade/*; chattr +i /opt/crashplan/upgrade"`

Unsets immutable flag before upgrade/remove:

[Trigger]
Operation = Upgrade
Operation = Remove
Type = Package
Target = crashplan-pro

[Action]
Description = Undo immutability of Crashplan Pro upgrade directory
When = PreTransaction
Exec = /usr/bin/bash -c "chattr -i /opt/crashplan/upgrade"```

Version 6.9.1 is out!

Today launching opt/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanDesktop I have an error about code42 cannot connect to background service. However systemctl status crashplan-pro is fine with no errors

Am I the only one getting this error when trying to start v6.9.0 as a systemd service? I didn't get this with 6.8.3.

● crashplan-pro.service - CrashPlanPRO Backup Engine
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/crashplan-pro.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2018-12-09 09:51:35 CET; 26s ago
  Process: 29964 ExecStart=/opt/crashplan/bin/CrashPlanEngine start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 29983 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

dec 09 09:51:35 x systemd[1]: crashplan-pro.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
dec 09 09:51:35 x systemd[1]: crashplan-pro.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
dec 09 09:51:35 x systemd[1]: Failed to start CrashPlanPRO Backup Engine.

It looks like there was a 6.9.0 released. Download link: https://www.crashplanpro.com/client/installers/CrashPlanSmb_6.9.0_1525200006690_820_Linux.tgz

I think there is a new version now

I wouldn't <3 chattr +i, but maybe symlinking the folder to /dev/null would be enough?

Back on /opt/crashplan/upgrade filling up the disk with failed updates whenever a new release comes out:

sudo rm -rf /opt/crashplan/upgrade/*
sudo chattr +i /opt/crashplan/upgrade

Now automatic upgrades will continue to fail but without wasting your bandwidth or disk space :) Everything else continues to work perfectly including upgrading via AUR (you'll get a warning on upgrade that it can't remove this directory, that's ok).

Don't forget that you did this though in case you ever stop using the AUR package and install crashplan by hand. You can undo the immutability with chattr -i.

Maybe this should be part of the AUR package? A package setting immutability really isn't great but is infinitely better than the current situation.

Looks like upgrading all the pending arch packages via pacman has fixed the issue. The CrashPlanDesktop app is opening up now. Might have been an issue with a linked library version.