Debian bug report logs - #1174 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1174: tar gives `Visible longname error' Reply-To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson), debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 09:33:05 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: tar X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 31 Jul 1995 09:33:05 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail id 073109244013228; Mon, 31 Jul 1995 09:24:41 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0scr45-0005NPC; Mon, 31 Jul 95 02:23 PDT Received: from bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA14006 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 31 Jul 1995 02:23:10 -0700 Received: by bootes.cus.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0scr3x-000C0WC; Mon, 31 Jul 95 10:23 BST Received: by chiark id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.32); Sun, 30 Jul 95 03:48 BST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 30 Jul 95 03:48 BST From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Debian bugs submission address Package: tar Version: 1.11.8-1 My backup log reports: tar --totals -lvvc -b32 -f/dev/st0 -T/var/local/backup/this-fsys >>log tar: var: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: usr: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: u: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: old: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: cdrom: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: proc: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: dos: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: var/spool/news: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: u/ian: On a different filesystem; not dumped tar: Visible longname error Total bytes written: 1254490112 tar appears to write all the data, but exits with a non-zero exit status. The longest line in the 13Mb `log' file is -rw-rw-r-- root/root 0 Feb 26 01:25 1995 usr/local/src/old/ncurses-1.8.7/runtime-tmp/usr/lib/terminfo/c/concept108-rv-4p link to usr/local/src/old/ncurses-1.8.7/runtime-tmp/usr/lib/terminfo/c/c108-rv-4p (/var/local/backup/this-fsys contains: TAPEID etc/passwd etc/group . usr var var/spool/news u u/ian dos old TAPEID ) I find this worrying. Does it mean that the backup in question is not useable ? Perhaps I should go back to my old patched tar 1.11.2. Ian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) Subject: Bug#1174: Acknowledgement (was: tar gives `Visible longname error') In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1174" or "Re: Bug#1174" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov