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and subject line Bug#1138683: fixed in dump 0.4b56-1
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regarding dump: Restore -i fails to restore from dumps made by Deb12 dump
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Package: dump
Version: 0.4b49-2
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
Deb12 has dump 0.4b47-4, and Deb13 has currently 0.4b49-2.
I'm running an automated backup script for years:
https://github.com/PoC-dev/backup
Scenario:
Dump written on Deb12 with dump -0a -b 256 -f - /dev/...
(I'm using 256k blocks for performance reasons, and because I write those dump
files to tape with dd.)
Then access such a file locally with restore -i -b 256 -f ...
restore > ver
verbose mode on
restore > ex
Extract requested files
You have not read any volumes yet.
Unless you know which volume your file(s) are on you should start
with the last volume and work towards the first.
Specify next volume # (none if no more volumes): 1
short compressed block: 262148 expected: 122091355
decompression error, block 262145: data error
Tape decompression error while skipping over inode 5125
continue? [yn] y
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 3255 blocks
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 3256 blocks
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 3257 blocks
...
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 3414 blocks
short compressed block: 262148 expected: 1835599
decompression error, block 262401: length mismatch
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 3415 blocks
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 3416 blocks
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 3417 blocks
...
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 6394 blocks
Incorrect block for <name unknown> at 6395 blocks
Segmentation fault
The only way to restore files from dumps is to install the old dump package.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.5
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 6.12.90+deb13.1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages dump depends on:
ii libblkid1 2.41-5
ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-6
ii libc6 2.41-12+deb13u3
ii libcom-err2 1.47.2-3+b11
ii libext2fs2t64 1.47.2-3+b11
ii liblzo2-2 2.10-3+b1
ii libreadline8t64 8.2-6
ii libselinux1 3.8.1-1
ii tar 1.35+dfsg-3.1
ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1
dump recommends no packages.
dump suggests no packages.
-- debconf information excluded
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: dump
Source-Version: 0.4b56-1
Done: Alexander Zangerl <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dump, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
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.
Alexander Zangerl <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dump package)
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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2026 15:38:55 +1000
Source: dump
Architecture: source
Version: 0.4b56-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Alexander Zangerl <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Alexander Zangerl <[email protected]>
Closes: 1138683
Changes:
dump (0.4b56-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* new upstream release (closes: #1138683)
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