[csw-users] bad mix of GNU tar and amanda

[Klaus Heinz]

Hi,

the current version of gtar in the blastwave repository is 1.15.91.
According to

  http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/FAQ:What_versions_of_GNU_Tar_are_Amanda-compatible%3F

this is a bad fit for Amanda version 2.4.4p4 from blastwave.

Discussions starting here

  http://readlist.com/lists/amanda.org/amanda-users/1/8276.html
  http://readlist.com/lists/amanda.org/amanda-users/2/10184.html
  http://forums.zmanda.com/archive/index.php/t-299.html

confirm my own experience. A backup server with CSWgtar 1.15.1,REV=2006.01.03 worked but a new server with 1.15.91,REV=2006.07.26
does not and shows the error
  sendsize[21716]: time 39057.097: /opt/csw/bin/gtar: Unexpected field value in snapshot file
  sendsize[21716]: time 39057.111: /opt/csw/bin/gtar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

in /tmp/amanda/

The corresponding amanda packages were 2.4.4p4,REV=2005.08.05 (old server)
and 2.4.4p4,REV=2006.01.10.x86only (new server).

ciao
     Klaus
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