Package: backup-manager Version: 0.7.9-3 Severity: normal -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
The patch supplied in previous message leaves the paths in absolute form when backup path is /. This works with tar, but not with dar which requires that paths passed with the -P option be relative. For example: 1>tar -cf /mnt/backups/test.tar --exclude=/home --exclude=/var --exclude=/mnt \ --exclude=/srv --exclude=/usr --exclude=/etc --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys \ --exclude=/dev --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/lib --exclude=/boot --verbose / works ok. 2>dar --create /mnt/backups/test --fs-root=/ -P/home -P/var -P/mnt -P/srv \ -P/usr -P/etc -P/proc -P/sys -P/dev -P/tmp -P/lib -P/boot --verbose produces error: Reading config file: /etc/darrc Parse error on command line (or included files): Cannot add an absolute path I supply a new patch that makes path relative in all cases and so works with both tar and dar. See attached file. regards George Zarkadas - -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.2 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (450, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (450, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=el_GR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages backup-manager depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy ii findutils 4.4.2-1+b1 utilities for finding files--find, ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv backup-manager recommends no packages. Versions of packages backup-manager suggests: ii anacron 2.3-14 cron-like program that doesn't go ii backup-manager-doc 0.7.9-3 documentation package for Backup M ii dar 2.3.10-1+b1 Disk ARchive: Backup directory tre ii dvd+rw-tools 7.1-6 DVD+-RW/R tools ii genisoimage 9:1.1.11-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem ii gettext-base 0.18.1.1-3 GNU Internationalization utilities ii libfile-slurp-perl 9999.13-1 single call read & write file rout pn libnet-amazon-s3-perl <none> (no description available) ii openssh-client 1:5.5p1-6+squeeze1 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec ii perl 5.10.1-17squeeze2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii wodim 9:1.1.11-1 command line CD/DVD writing tool ii zip 3.0-3 Archiver for .zip files -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOQEROAAoJEJWXIVmJ5BwWJJoIAN2W1EQUVxxynrRSfLrWejCu Yyq9Bpdw4+qFVORki32UEFg8lIquPaiacikQEz5SN74CzNKLF83P2y1GkQ6xPj9s 7f0/5X4ZneDox1RnnI9L0FvMlX9q3LEZCzA8SXlTuAqpAhYKA2Nh4ic9rHahwouP J+Zk63czcfqx2Lqm5ZmyX3+Pw9+LMFdZSWNcxiLjC/VFVmubxK9+4VyZijx6N6xW rOnPBrT8c5KqmPSBXnD/Vdpb0kEnQF+UicnoPbDIC+CZrYdfR92cd6juNM9NWWc8 Uv+Hd5N+emDgTOmi/p7gO6loUeKZVKzUMgELSJRh/MeR/mysZDljMMtRqfAVyqE= =4obj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--- backup-methods.sh.orig +++ backup-methods.sh @@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ target="$2" debug "__get_flags_relative_blacklist ($switch, $target)" - target=${target%/} + if [ "$target" != "/" ]; then + target=${target%/} + fi blacklist="" for pattern in $BM_TARBALL_BLACKLIST do @@ -252,7 +254,13 @@ # making a relative path... pattern="${pattern#$target}" length=$(expr length $pattern) - pattern=$(expr substr $pattern 2 $length) + # for $target="/", no spare / is left at the beggining + # after the # substitution; thus take substr from pos 1 + if [ "$target" != "/" ]; then + pattern=$(expr substr $pattern 2 $length) + else + pattern=$(expr substr $pattern 1 $length) + fi # ...and blacklisting it blacklist="$blacklist ${switch}${pattern}"