Package: dump Version: 0.4b42-2 Severity: normal While restore -N does not meddle with the existence or contents of any file, it does tamper with the ownership and permissions of any existing file or directory. For example, if you do a "restore r" into an empty directory as a regular user, followed by a "restore r -N" as root, you'll notice that the ownership/permissions have been set by the second run.
Although this is technically not in contradiction with the manpage, I think most people would expect -N to be the equivalent of the commonly found --test or --dry-run options, and would not expect this behavior. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.6 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dump depends on: ii e2fslibs 1.41.10-1 ext2/ext3/ext4 file system librari ii libblkid1 2.16.2-0 block device id library ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcomerr2 1.41.10-1 common error description library ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.39-1 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libreadline6 6.1-1 GNU readline and history libraries ii libselinux1 2.0.89-4 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii libsepol1 2.0.40-2 SELinux library for manipulating b ii libuuid1 2.16.2-0 Universally Unique ID library ii tar 1.22-2 GNU version of the tar archiving u dump recommends no packages. dump suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
