i have a problem with index creation.

i have out the word index on my dumptype but the index created are
always empty.

here is some debug

on the client the sendbackup.

we can see in it that the index is created succesfully.

 more sendbackup.20050630231107.debug
sendbackup: debug 1 pid 13721 ruid 33 euid 33: start at Thu Jun 30
23:11:07 2005/usr/lib/amanda/sendbackup: version 2.4.4p2
  parsed request as: program `DUMP'
                     disk `/var/spool/imap21'
                     device `/var/spool/imap21'
                     level 3
                     since 2005:6:27:21:57:9
                     options `|;bsd-auth;compress-fast;index;'
sendbackup: try_socksize: send buffer size is 65536
sendbackup: time 0.001: stream_server: waiting for connection:
0.0.0.0.57878
sendbackup: time 0.001: stream_server: waiting for connection:
0.0.0.0.57879
sendbackup: time 0.001: stream_server: waiting for connection:
0.0.0.0.57880
sendbackup: time 0.001: waiting for connect on 57878, then 57879, then
57880
sendbackup: time 0.003: stream_accept: connection from
157.159.21.10.12394
sendbackup: time 0.003: stream_accept: connection from
157.159.21.10.12395
sendbackup: time 0.003: stream_accept: connection from
157.159.21.10.12396
sendbackup: time 0.003: got all connections
sendbackup: time 0.003: spawning /usr/bin/gzip in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: /usr/bin/gzip --fast
sendbackup-dump: time 0.004: pid 13723: /usr/bin/gzip --fast
sendbackup: time 0.007: dumping device '/dev/sdc8' with 'ext3'
sendbackup: time 0.012: started index creator: "/sbin/restore -tvf -
2>&1 | sed
-e '
s/^leaf[        ]*[0-9]*[       ]*\.//
t
/^dir[  ]/ {
s/^dir[         ]*[0-9]*[       ]*\.//
s%$%/%
t
}
d
'"
sendbackup: time 0.013: spawning /sbin/dump in pipeline
sendbackup: argument list: dump 3usf 1048576 - /dev/sdc8
sendbackup: time 0.099:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Date of this level 3
dump: Thu
Jun 30 23:11:07 2005
sendbackup: time 0.101:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Date of last level 2
dump: Tue
Jun 28 00:01:32 2005
sendbackup: time 0.102:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Dumping /dev/sdc8
(/var/spool/imap21) to standard output
sendbackup: time 0.103:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Excluding inode 8
(journal inode) from dump
sendbackup: time 0.104:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Excluding inode 7
(resize inode) from dump
sendbackup: time 0.711:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Label: none
sendbackup: time 0.713:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Writing 10 Kilobyte
records
sendbackup: time 0.714:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: mapping (Pass I)
[regular files]
sendbackup: time 13.240:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: mapping (Pass II)
[directories]
sendbackup: time 14.550:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: estimated 39683
blocks.
sendbackup: time 14.553:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Volume 1 started with
block 1
at: Thu Jun 30 23:11:21 2005
sendbackup: time 14.575:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: dumping (Pass III)
[directories]
sendbackup: time 15.580:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: dumping (Pass IV)
[regular files]
sendbackup: time 36.977:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Volume 1 completed at:
Thu Jun 30 23:11:44 2005
sendbackup: time 36.979:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Volume 1 39880 blocks
(38.95MB)
sendbackup: time 36.980:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Volume 1 took 0:00:23
sendbackup: time 36.981:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Volume 1 transfer
rate: 1733 kB/s
sendbackup: time 36.981:  62:    size(|):   DUMP: 39880 blocks (38.95MB)
sendbackup: time 36.982:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: finished in 23
seconds, throughput 1733 kBytes/sec
sendbackup: time 36.990:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Date of this level 3
dump: Thu Jun 30 23:11:07 2005
sendbackup: time 36.991:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Date this dump
completed:  Thu Jun 30 23:11:44 2005
sendbackup: time 36.992: index created successfully
sendbackup: time 36.994:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: Average transfer rate:
1733 kB/s
sendbackup: time 36.995:  93:  normal(|):   DUMP: DUMP IS DONE
sendbackup: time 36.995: pid 13721 finish time Thu Jun 30 23:11:44 2005

on the server 
in the amdump file

driver: send-cmd time 8298.861 to dumper2: FILE-DUMP
03-00541 /holddisk/disk/20050630/molure._var_spool_imap23.3 molure
fffffeff9ffe0f /var/spool/imap23 NODEVICE 3 2005:6:27:22:0:6 4194304
DUMP 24448 |;bsd-auth;compress-fast;index;
driver: finished-cmd time 8329.237 dumper2 dumped
molure:/var/spool/imap23
driver: send-cmd time 8488.135 to taper: FILE-WRITE
01-00570 /holddisk/disk/20050630/molure._var_spool_imap23.3 molure
fffffeff9ffe0f /var/spool/imap23 3 20050630
driver: startaflush: FIRST molure /var/spool/imap23 11112 963920466
driver: finished-cmd time 8488.421 taper wrote molure:/var/spool/imap23


all seems ok but the index file is empty as the dump file is not.

my client is running Fedora core 2.

has anyone seen already that kind of problem?

thanks in advance for any help