since I updated tar to version 1.16-r2 amanda gives: planner: disk cb2.cb.home:/etc, estimate of level 1 failed: -1. in sendsize.debug I get: sendsize[23550]: time 0.260: /bin/tar: Unexpected field value in snapshot file sendsize[23550]: time 0.260: /bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now /var/spool/amanda/tar_lists/cb2.cb.home_etc_0 looks like this: GNU tar-1.16-2 116574572019353052001141895582023041328467./log.d/scripts/logfiles/cronYapp lydate01160463091023041327981./php/apache2-php4/extYxdebug.iniYzip.ini01162 022335023041327972./php/apache2-php5/ext-activeYxdebug.iniYzip.ini011600363 88023041327407./ssl/certsY.0Y02b73561.0Y0481cb65.0Y052e396b.0Y052eae11.0Y06 d75f4b.0Y0c364b2d.0Y0dbd0096.0Y0e82f83a.0Y10d149a2.0Y11a09b38.0Y11f154d6.0Y 124bbd54.0Y128b9c8d.0Y1689a10b.0Y18d46017.0Y19899da5.0Y1e49180d.0Y1ef89214. 0Y1f6c59cd.0Y24867d38.0Y256fd83b.0Y2edf7016.0Y2edf7016.1Y2fb1850a.0Y3104435 0.0Y3ad48a91.0Y3c58f906.0Y3e223c08.0Y3e7271e8.0Y3ecf89a3.0Y408e388a.0Y412be a73.0Y4166ec0c.0Y4184de39.0Y4643210f.0Y47996b5c.0Y4d654d1d.0Y4fbd6bfa.0Y54e dfa5d.0Y56e607f4.0Y594f1775.0Y5cf9d536.0Y5ed36f99.0Y5f5e5caa.0Y61f6c934.0Y6 9ea794f.0Y6adf0799.0Y6bee6be3.0Y6c55cf77.0Y6e8bf996.0Y6f5d9899.0Y6fcc125d.0 Y709afd2b.0Y72bf6a04.0Y72fa7371.0Y731f03a5.0Y after downgrading tar to version 1.15.1-r1 and running amanda-test-run it works ok an /var/spool/amanda/tar_lists/cb2.cb.home_etc_0 looks like this: 1165941551 2304 1328467 ./log.d/scripts/logfiles/cron 2304 1327981 ./php/apache2-php4/ext 2304 1327972 ./php/apache2-php5/ext-active 2304 1327407 ./ssl/certs 2304 1327352 ./opt 2304 1328240 ./hotplug/usb 2304 1328383 ./log.d/scripts 2304 1327979 ./php/cli-php4/ext 2304 1328294 ./log.d/conf/logfiles 2304 1328165 ./vmware/init.d 2304 1327290 ./skel/.maildir 2304 1328214 ./dev.d/default 2304 1328316 ./log.d/conf/services 2304 1327850 ./X11/fs 2304 1327990 ./esd 2304 1327129 ./env.d/binutils 2304 1327152 ./stunnel don't know if this is a bug in tar or amanda but with new tar I allways get level 0 backups, with old tar it works again as expected.
*** Bug 157931 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 103877 [details, diff] Patch - fix for 2.4.5
Sorry, not paying close attention I guess. The attached patch fixes problem as stated in Bug 157931 (backup parts FAIL if tar finds changed files), but doesn't fix the estimate problem. I'll try applying the second part of this patch http://www.mail-archive.com/amanda-users@amanda.org/msg36773.html against 2.4.5 and test with tonight's backup run and report back tomorrow.
Nevermind, its not going to happen. The estimate problem is fixed in 2.5 and I've spent too much time on this for now. The attached patch is required for either 2.4 or 2.5 for tar to do backups when the file has changed.
2.5* are in the tree now.
