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

[Darin Perusich]

Klaus,

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I use ufsdump on for my
Solaris systems and have never run across this on my Linux systems which
are using GNU tar. I was planning on updating AMANDA really soon per a
request so expect something in /testing soon.


Klaus Heinz wrote:
> 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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