cjdl01 <cjd...@brokensolstice.com> ha escrit: > I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but for some time, the last > several revisions of tar have been ignoring the -X or the --exclude > options.
No, it is not. Please see https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Position_002dSensitive-Options.html > This was mentioned in the debian bugs here: > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831007 See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=831007#10, which explains what's wrong with the command in question. Regards, Sergey > > It is also mentioned in the debian forums, but the thread was hijacked > by someone in need of some serious psychological counseling. > > But I couldn't find corollary in the bug-tar archives... so I wanted > to make sure it was on record. > > I don't know about others... but I still use tar extensively for my > system backups, on many systems. The exclude option is critical to > keep from the backup choking on itself, and filling up hard drives... > > I've been looking, and cannot find an adequate work-around for this, > other than to pull older versions of GNU tar, and compile them from > source. > > Is this known? Do you ever intend to fix this? > > Thanks. > > >
