I met with the same issue in 16.04.1 (amd64). Tested several 'tar' archives
(namely tar.7z and tar.gz) - none of them stored backup files. Maybe some
problem with generation of the lists of files for archiving? '7z' and 'zip'
archives do save backup files, but it seems that they rely on
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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