tags 243141 moreinfo thanks On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 20:29:24 +1000, Mark Hannon <markhan...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Tar complains with a warning re implausibly old time stamp when > restoring files. > > The tar files are created by a script which uses options: > > -clpf - --numeric-owner -z -g $snapshot_filename > > The tar archive is restored with options; > > -xpvzf - --numeric-owner --overwrite -g $snapshot_filename -C $dest > > When restoring an archive on unstable I get the following warnings: > > <snip> > etc/gconf/schemas/debbuggtk.schemas > tar: etc/gconf/schemas/debbuggtk.schemas: implausibly old time stamp > 1970-01-01 10:00:00 ...
Hello Mark, Thanks for your bug report. I'd love to look into this more, but I'll need some help. A couple of questions for you: 1. Is this problem still happening with current versions of tar in Debian? 2. Do you have a tar file you can share that exhibits this problem? Thanks, -Carl
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