Debian bug report logs - #1174 tar gives `Visible longname error' Package: tar ; Reported by: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson); 92 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cus.cam.ac.uk!iwj10 Mon Jul 31 02:23:13 1995 Return-Path: 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 Subject: tar gives `Visible longname error' 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1174 ; Package tar . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov