Package: cpio
Version: 2.7-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Using the cpio 2.6-17 stable version of mt, I can do the following:
With a tape in the drive:
root> /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 status
drive type = Generic SCSI-2 tape
drive status = 1241513984
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0
block number = 0
Tape block size 0 bytes. Density code 0x4a (unknown).
Soft error count since last status=0
General status bits on (41010000):
BOT ONLINE IM_REP_EN
root>
With no tape in the drive:
root> /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 status
/bin/mt: /dev/nst0: No medium found
root>
Using the cpio 2.7-1 testing version of mt, I get this:
With a tape in the drive:
root> /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 status
drive type = 114
drive status = 1241513984
sense key error = 0
residue count = 0
file number = 0
block number = 0
root>
(i.e. much of the actually useful information I need isn't there.)
With no tape in the drive:
root> /bin/mt -f /dev/nst0 status
the command just hangs - I have to give it an interrupt (^C) to get
the prompt back.
In addition, using the 2.7-1 mt has resulted in the drive requesting
the cleaning tape after most uses (60+%). This behavior did not occur
prior to upgrading to 2.7-1, and has gone away now that I've downgraded
to 2.6-17.
I don't want to upgrade to 2.7-2 because (a) I have no reason to assume
this will solve these problems, and (b) 2.7-2 wants me to upgrade libc6,
which I'm not willing to do for this one package.
Please advise.
Thanks,
--
Steve Lane
System, Network and Security Administrator
Doudna Lab
Biomolecular Structure and Mechanism Group
UC Berkeley
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-phabrix060 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages cpio depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
cpio recommends no packages.
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