Distro restic packages are old and self-update is disabled
Ubuntu and Debian packages ship an old restic with self-update disabled, forcing users to install the binary by hand
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 23 May 2026 · last reported 12 June 2026
What's going wrong
People running long-term-support Linux releases find that the packaged restic is several versions behind, and the packaged build has self-update turned off.
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