On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 05:26:08PM -0500, Kurt Raschke wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
> 
> >First thought here:
> >Look for the GNUtar-version.
> >1.13.25 should work.
> >Newer releases are known to cause problems.
> >
> >Apart from that we could need more infos:
> >
> >Did you do any changes/updates on this client lately, has it worked
> >before?
> 
> 
> Well, it's a brand-new install, so I suppose you could say it has never 
> worked before.
> 
> As to the tar version:
> 
> bash-2.05$ gtar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.13
> 
> Does 1.13.25 come after 1.13?  If so, then I will upgrade gtar and see 
> if that helps.

That one is DEFINITELY defective as far as amanda usage.
Nothing to do with your current problem however.
It is an easy build if you have the C compiler already installed.


As to the other problem:  amanda maintains a list of error messages
from various programs that it considers innocuous.  There is a
config macro IGNORE_TAR_ERRORS to increase the number of guntar
messages considered innocuous.  Perhaps the Solaris version was
compiled without this macro while the others were compiled with.

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