Package: tar Version: 1.15.91-2 Severity: grave Justification: causes non-serious data loss
I have used some simple scripts to make incremental backups with tar for many years. I have attempted to restore a couple of backup series recently and found that tar has deleted many directories in the backup. I repeated the restore process using tar from sarge and the scripts worked as expected. The backup scripts do: /bin/tar -z -cpf root0.tgz --one-file-system --numeric-owner -g ./root0.snapshot The restore scripts cycle through the incremental tarballs with: tar -xpvzf - --numeric-owner --overwrite -g ./root9.snapshot -C /newroot Regards/Mark -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-1-686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages tar depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries tar recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
