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--- Begin Message ---Package: tar Version: 1.16-2 When I use tar to create incremental archives and combine the parameters -W (verifying) and -g (incremental backups), the created snapshot file is incomplete. As a result, the next incremental backup archives unchanged files. The following script gives an example ("test" is a subdirectory containing some files that are unchanged during the entire run of the script, and there are no archives or snapshot files existing when the script starts): ----------- #!/bin/sh # No verification: good snapshot file tar -c -v -f good.1.tar -g good.snap test >good.1.log # Second run: no files are archived tar -c -v -f good.2.tar -g good.snap test >good.2.log # Verification: bad snapshot file tar -c -v -f bad.1.tar -W -g bad.snap test >bad.1.log # Second run: unchanged files are archived tar -c -v -f bad.2.tar -W -g bad.snap test >bad.2.log ----------- These are the log files: good.1.log: ----------- test/ test/test/ test/a test/b test/c test/d test/test/a test/test/b test/test/c test/test/d ----------- good.2.log: ----------- test/ test/test/ ----------- bad.1.log: ----------- test/ test/test/ test/a test/b test/c test/d test/test/a test/test/b test/test/c test/test/d Verify test/ Verify test/test/ Verify test/a Verify test/b Verify test/c Verify test/d Verify test/test/a Verify test/test/b Verify test/test/c Verify test/test/d ----------- bad.2.log: ----------- test/ test/test/ test/a test/b test/c test/d test/test/a test/test/b Verify test/ test: Contents differ Verify test/test/ test/test: Contents differ Verify test/a Verify test/b Verify test/c Verify test/d Verify test/test/a Verify test/test/b ----------- Since no files were changed between the runs, the second run should never archive a file. But somehow verification corrupts the snapshot file, and unchanged files are archived again. The problem occurs on both of my i386 Etch systems (Etch with recent security updates, kernel 2.6.21.3 from kernel.org, libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13) as well as on a virtual i386 testing system running Etch with recent security updates, Debian kernel 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12etch2, libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13). Regards Frank
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--- Begin Message ---Source: tar Source-Version: 1.18-1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of tar, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: tar_1.18-1.diff.gz to pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.18-1.diff.gz tar_1.18-1.dsc to pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.18-1.dsc tar_1.18-1_i386.deb to pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.18-1_i386.deb tar_1.18.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/t/tar/tar_1.18.orig.tar.gz A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated tar package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:52:32 -0600 Source: tar Binary: tar Architecture: source i386 Version: 1.18-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Bdale Garbee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: tar - GNU tar Closes: 122451 417810 422718 426808 429417 Changes: tar (1.18-1) unstable; urgency=low . * new upstream version, closes: #429417, #426808 * include COPYING file containing GPLv3 until base-file is updated * fix filename of NEWS.Debian so that it actually gets delivered * patch from Wim De Smet to document --strip in the man page, closes: #417810 * patch from upstream CVS to fix --verify on large files, closes: #422718 * add suggest of ncompress mirroring suggest of bzip2 to enable optional functionality, closes: #122451 Files: 31d47174d819159e669d2b56f28b862e 569 utils required tar_1.18-1.dsc 6010e8cf505e3ea2ba5c15f04b575b60 2425471 utils required tar_1.18.orig.tar.gz 938f36de0deeefcffc45392abc6cbabb 39543 utils required tar_1.18-1.diff.gz 374affb6d7bce0766c756ab0174c47e7 732478 utils required tar_1.18-1_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGu+n3ZKfAp/LPAagRAkViAJ9McKtqoLwThJ48mU5/2p/n/fd/WQCfdOqX EtISyRtlGzBS6HWdSCFxfBQ= =GBz4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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