Package: tar
Version: 1.15.1-1
Severity: normal
I have a backup script (attached) which use:
$ tar -P -z -c -f file.tar directories
since 1.15 it fails my cron emails with :
cronjob: /usr/local/bin/run-backup 1>/dev/null
email:
/bin/tar: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf: le fichier est inchangé; n'a pas été
rejeté.
/bin/tar: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20listchanges: le fichier est inchangé; n'a pas
été rejeté.
... x 1000
which means : file not changed , not rejected.
Could those message be sent to stdout ?
Most of the files don't change between two backups.
Regards
Alban
NB: the backup script is a pseudo incremental stuff. Each month
and weeks have a full backup and each day only backup the changes
since the start of the week, saving that in the previous same day
of the previous week.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-rc5
Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages tar depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
-- no debconf information
#!/bin/sh
# full and incr backup script
# created 27 Sep 99
# Based on a script by Daniel O'Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#Change the 5 variables below to fit your computer/backup
COMPUTER=argos # name of this computer
DIRECTORIES="/etc /root /usr/local" # directoris to backup
BACKUPDIR=/var/backups # where to store the backups
TIMEDIR=/var/backups/last-full # where to store time of full backup
TAR=/bin/tar # name and locaction of tar
#You should not have to change anything below here
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
DOW=`date +%a` # Day of the week e.g. Mon
DOM=`date +%d` # Date of the Month e.g. 27
DM=`date +%d%b` # Date and Month e.g. 27Sep
# On the 1st of the month a permanet full backup is made
# Every Sunday a full backup is made - overwriting last Sundays backup
# The rest of the time an incremental backup is made. Each incremental
# backup overwrites last weeks incremental backup of the same name.
#
# if NEWER = "", then tar backs up all files in the directories
# otherwise it backs up files newer than the NEWER date. NEWER
# gets it date from the file written every Sunday.
if [ $DOM = "01" ]; then # monthly full backup
NEWER=""
$TAR $NEWER -P -z -c -f $BACKUPDIR/$COMPUTER-$DM.tgz $DIRECTORIES
fi
if [ $DOW = "Sun" ]; then # weekly full backup
NEWER=""
NOW=`date +%d-%b`
echo $NOW > $TIMEDIR/$COMPUTER-full-date #update full backup date
$TAR $NEWER -P -z -c -f $BACKUPDIR/$COMPUTER-$DOW.tgz $DIRECTORIES
else #make incremental backup - overwrite last weeks
NEWER="--newer `cat $TIMEDIR/$COMPUTER-full-date`" #get date of last
full backup
$TAR $NEWER -P -z -c -f $BACKUPDIR/$COMPUTER-$DOW.tgz $DIRECTORIES
fi
# prahal personal touch
# -P keeping the '/' prefix
