Package: backup-manager
Version: 0.7.9-3
Severity: normal
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The patch supplied in previous message leaves the paths in absolute form when
backup path is /. This works with tar, but not with dar which requires that
paths passed with the -P option be relative.
For example:
1>tar -cf /mnt/backups/test.tar --exclude=/home --exclude=/var --exclude=/mnt \
--exclude=/srv --exclude=/usr --exclude=/etc --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys \
--exclude=/dev --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/lib --exclude=/boot --verbose /
works ok.
2>dar --create /mnt/backups/test --fs-root=/ -P/home -P/var -P/mnt -P/srv \
-P/usr -P/etc -P/proc -P/sys -P/dev -P/tmp -P/lib -P/boot --verbose
produces error:
Reading config file: /etc/darrc
Parse error on command line (or included files): Cannot add an absolute path
I supply a new patch that makes path relative in all cases and so works with
both tar and dar. See attached file.
regards
George Zarkadas
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.2
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'stable'), (450, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (450, 'testing'), (400,
'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=el_GR.utf8, LC_CTYPE=el_GR.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages backup-manager depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36.1 Debian configuration management sy
ii findutils 4.4.2-1+b1 utilities for finding files--find,
ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv
backup-manager recommends no packages.
Versions of packages backup-manager suggests:
ii anacron 2.3-14 cron-like program that doesn't go
ii backup-manager-doc 0.7.9-3 documentation package for Backup M
ii dar 2.3.10-1+b1 Disk ARchive: Backup directory tre
ii dvd+rw-tools 7.1-6 DVD+-RW/R tools
ii genisoimage 9:1.1.11-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
ii gettext-base 0.18.1.1-3 GNU Internationalization utilities
ii libfile-slurp-perl 9999.13-1 single call read & write file rout
pn libnet-amazon-s3-perl <none> (no description available)
ii openssh-client 1:5.5p1-6+squeeze1 secure shell (SSH) client, for sec
ii perl 5.10.1-17squeeze2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
ii wodim 9:1.1.11-1 command line CD/DVD writing tool
ii zip 3.0-3 Archiver for .zip files
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--- backup-methods.sh.orig
+++ backup-methods.sh
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@
target="$2"
debug "__get_flags_relative_blacklist ($switch, $target)"
- target=${target%/}
+ if [ "$target" != "/" ]; then
+ target=${target%/}
+ fi
blacklist=""
for pattern in $BM_TARBALL_BLACKLIST
do
@@ -252,7 +254,13 @@
# making a relative path...
pattern="${pattern#$target}"
length=$(expr length $pattern)
- pattern=$(expr substr $pattern 2 $length)
+ # for $target="/", no spare / is left at the beggining
+ # after the # substitution; thus take substr from pos 1
+ if [ "$target" != "/" ]; then
+ pattern=$(expr substr $pattern 2 $length)
+ else
+ pattern=$(expr substr $pattern 1 $length)
+ fi
# ...and blacklisting it
blacklist="$blacklist ${switch}${pattern}"
