Re: amanda 2.5.0 : tar 1.15 required ?
2006-03-31 14:12:19
On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 11:52:04AM -0700, Michael Loftis enlightened us:
> --On March 31, 2006 1:36:36 PM -0500 Matt Hyclak <hyclak AT math.ohiou DOT
> edu>
> wrote:
>
>
> >That doesn't mean that 1.15 should be required by the spec file. tar 1.14
> >from Redhat works just fine
> >(see https://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html)
>
>
> I don't know about Redhat tar 1.14 but GNU tar 1.14 is severely broken. It
> 'seems' to create ok archives, but in reality a lot of the time creates
> garbage even it can't read. Tan into this quite a bit, one symptom is the
> 'invalid base64 header' error.
Right, Redhat has backported the fixes from 1.15.1 to 1.14. Which is why
using a version number to ensure compatability is not a good idea IMHO.
Matt
--
Matt Hyclak
Department of Mathematics
Department of Social Work
Ohio University
(740) 593-1263
|
|
|