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Bug 157931

Summary: amanda: backups fail if a file changes with tar 1.16
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Brian Johnson <site-gentoo.org>
Component: New packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.nabble.com/Re:-tar-backups-fail-if-a-file-changes-t2720848.html
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Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: Patch - fix for 2.4.5

Description Brian Johnson 2006-12-12 09:38:58 UTC
Tar 1.16 changed it's return value when a file has changed during creation of the archive. This causes amanda to mark that backup as FAILED instead of STRANGE, and the data is not backed-up.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-12-12 09:48:41 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 157923 ***
Comment 2 Brian Johnson 2006-12-12 09:49:28 UTC
Created attachment 103876 [details, diff]
Patch - fix for 2.4.5