On Friday 18 August 2006 11:35, Toomas Aas wrote: >Hello! > >I'm planning to upgrade my Amanda server (currently 2.4.5) to 2.5.0p2. >I'm wondering whether GNU tar 1.13.25 is still "officially" considered a >good version, or is it absolutely required to upgrade to 1.15.1? > >I noticed that when installing Amanda from FreeBSD ports, the >installation pulls in gtar from ports (archivers/gtar), which is >currently version 1.15.1. However, my FreeBSD 5.4 seems to include GNU >tar 1.13.25 installed with base FreeBSD system as /usr/bin/gtar and I >was thinking, maybe there is no need to have two gtars on my system? > >BTW, I currently use dump for backups, so gtar is only used for indexes.
As near as I have been able to determine, they are interchangeable. I've been using 1.15-1 since it came out. 1.13 plain, and any 1.14 will eat your lunch however. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
