On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 11:58:21AM -0700, Jerome Pioux wrote: > >get/build a copy of 1.13.25 > > I got: > >tar --version > tar (GNU tar) 1.13
Do not use that version. It is known to have defects that affect amanda. > > Don't know where to find the .25 ?... Don't know where aix binaries might be found. Source can be found at ftp://alpha.gnu.org > > When I tried to restore the link, it failed: ... > extract_list - child returned non-zero status: 1 > > So I suppose that tar 1.13 can't read a backup that was done by 1.15 - am I > correct? > The error could have been in the saving or in the recovery. When you build/get 1.13.25 do the above test, but if it fails also do a dump and recover with 1.13.25 before saying it really failed. -- Jon H. LaBadie [EMAIL PROTECTED] JG Computing 4455 Province Line Road (609) 252-0159 Princeton, NJ 08540-4322 (609) 683-7220 (fax)
