Package: dar Version: 2.3.3 Severity: |grave| Dar version 2.3.3 should be available because it contains a major bugfix. From the dar mailinglist:
=========================== See at the bottom of this email the list of all change and let me first warn you about an important bug found three days ago (all older version of dar are affected): If you were using dar to backup in one time several mounted filesystems, if hard links were present on one of theses filesystems (most Unix users should assume yes, while windows users should not be concerned) and if you were using filtering (-X, -I, -P, -g, -[, -] option) that lead to exclude some hard linked files, it is strongly recommended to consider the case where the bug #1667400 expressed (for details refer to Sourceforge): In brief, some files may have been considered as a hard link to an inode of same number but located on another filesystem, leading to your data not being backed up properly. Dar's test (-t) option cannot report any problem as the resulting archive stayed well generated while Dar's diff (-d) option of older releases suffered from the same bug (same code used to read a filesystem). In consequence, as more as you have hard links as more it is recommended to recycle your backup quickly (at least make a full backup should be OK). If however the filesystem under backup does not change often, you can use Dar's diff option (-d) of release 2.3.3 to check for the occurrence of this bug, be aware that it may report differences due to real changes in the filesystem as well as improperly saved hard linked data due to this bug. =========================== -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
