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Re: If most recent backup is not level 0, recovery fails to bring back all files when directories have been renamed

2006-03-16 12:41:10
Subject: Re: If most recent backup is not level 0, recovery fails to bring back all files when directories have been renamed
From: "Stefan G. Weichinger" <sgw AT amanda DOT org>
To: AMANDA Users <amanda-users AT amanda DOT org>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:37:36 +0100
Dave Ewart schrieb:
> On Wednesday, 08.03.2006 at 10:27 -0500, Ian Turner wrote:
> 
>> Please 
>> try upgrading your tar and check if you still see this behaviour.
>
> OK, you've hit the nail on the head:
> 
> Using the existing system tar:
> 
>     $ tar --version
>     tar (GNU tar) 1.14

> And using a rebuilt version from a more recent source:
> 
>     $ ~/src/tar-1.15.1/src/tar --version
>     tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1


> A new tar is indeed the answer it seems.

Suggestion related to the tar-issues:

Why not implement some check-routine into Amanda that checks for the
installed tar-release and gives a WARNING if a well-known problematic
release is found?

For the wishlist, I assume ;-)

Stefan



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