On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger<s...@amanda.org> wrote:
> Could you describe briefly why?

Amanda used to need a non-rewinding tape device because it would close
and re-open the device (sometimes in a different process) between
files.  It no longer does this.

> What has changed in the code/behavior?

Everything -- the Device API was a complete rewrite of all device
handling in Amanda.

Dustin

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