Bug#410503: backup-manager fails to save archive files when a file changes during tar

2007-02-14 Thread Alexis Sukrieh

Bug forwarded:
http://bugzilla.backup-manager.org/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=152



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Bug#410503: backup-manager fails to save archive files when a file changes during tar

2007-02-11 Thread Michael Neuffer
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 ..
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)   379 Feb  1 08:13 skywalker-20070201.md5
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)   1309603 Jan  6 08:23 
skywalker-etc.20070106.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)   1361527 Feb  1 08:13 
skywalker-etc.20070201.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)  154664403 Jan  6 08:24 
skywalker-home.20070106.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)  117738884 Feb  1 08:14 
skywalker-home.20070201.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)  14670217 Jan  6 08:24 
skywalker-var-lib-dpkg.20070106.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)  14830591 Feb  1 08:14 
skywalker-var-lib-dpkg.20070201.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)  24156163 Jan  6 08:24 
skywalker-var-mail.20070106.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)  27334616 Feb  1 08:14 
skywalker-var-mail.20070201.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   1 b024041  (?)  4258783694 Jan  6 08:40 
skywalker-var-www.20070106.master.tar.bz2
-rwr--   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  1.3.9-2The 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


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Bug#410503: backup-manager fails to save archive files when a file changes during tar

2007-02-11 Thread Alexis Sukrieh

tags 410503 + confirmed
tags 410503 + upstream
thanks

Michael Neuffer wrote:

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.


I agree, that's an upstream issue though.

Regards,

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Alexis Sukrieh


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