Package: backup-manager Version: 0.7.5-3 Severity: important
backup-manager should not exit fatally if a files changes during tar operation on a volatile fs. A warning would be better then loosing the whole backup. Even better would be to "silence" the mail subsystem during the backup operation. /etc/cron.daily/backup-manager: Unable to create "/var/archives/skywalker-home.20070211.master.tar.bz2", check /tmp/bm-tarball.log.U20127 Unable to create "/var/archives/skywalker-var-mail.20070211.master.tar.bz2", check /tmp/bm-tarball.log.gP1574 2 errors occurred during the tarball generation. run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/backup-manager exited with return code 1 skywalker:~# cat /tmp/bm-tarball.log.U20127 /bin/tar: Removing leading `/' from member names /bin/tar: /home/neuffer/mail/Mail/Lists: file changed as we read it skywalker:~# cat /tmp/bm-tarball.log.gP1574 /bin/tar: Removing leading `/' from member names /bin/tar: /var/mail/neuffer: file changed as we read it /bin/tar: /var/mail: file changed as we read it 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list drwx---r-x 2 b024041 (?) 4096 Feb 1 08:14 . drwx---r-x 3 b024041 (?) 4096 Mar 17 2006 .. -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 379 Feb 1 08:13 skywalker-20070201.md5 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 1309603 Jan 6 08:23 skywalker-etc.20070106.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 1361527 Feb 1 08:13 skywalker-etc.20070201.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 154664403 Jan 6 08:24 skywalker-home.20070106.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 117738884 Feb 1 08:14 skywalker-home.20070201.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 14670217 Jan 6 08:24 skywalker-var-lib-dpkg.20070106.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 14830591 Feb 1 08:14 skywalker-var-lib-dpkg.20070201.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 24156163 Jan 6 08:24 skywalker-var-mail.20070106.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 27334616 Feb 1 08:14 skywalker-var-mail.20070201.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 4258783694 Jan 6 08:40 skywalker-var-www.20070106.master.tar.bz2 -rw----r-- 1 b024041 (?) 4258781131 Feb 1 08:31 skywalker-var-www.20070201.master.tar.bz2 226 Transfer complete. -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18.1 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages backup-manager depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11 Debian configuration management sy ii findutils 4.2.28-1 utilities for finding files--find, ii gzip 1.3.9-2 The GNU compression utility ii ucf 2.0018.1 Update Configuration File: preserv backup-manager recommends no packages. -- debconf information: backup-manager/upload-key: backup-manager/name-format: long backup-manager/upload-hosts: backup-manager/upload-user-ftp: * backup-manager/cron_frequency: daily backup-manager/cron_d_remove_deprecated: false * backup-manager/blacklist: /var/archives * backup-manager/time-to-live: 5 backup-manager/burning-maxsize: 650 backup-manager/encryption_recipient: backup-manager/upload-user-scp-warning: backup-manager/transfert_mode: scp backup-manager/dump_symlinks: false backup-manager/upload-user-scp: bmngr backup-manager/burning-device: /dev/cdrom backup-manager/upload-dir: /var/archives/uploads * backup-manager/enable_encryption: false * backup-manager/directories: /etc /home * backup-manager/repo_group: root backup-manager/filetype: tar.gz * backup-manager/repo_user: root * backup-manager/backup-repository: /var/archives backup-manager/burning-method: CDRW backup-manager/burning-enabled: false backup-manager/want_to_upload: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]