Public bug reported: Binary package hint: tar
This page describes the exact problem: http://www.nabble.com/-Patch--tar-1.20---checkpoint.c-td19819488.html Check the tar man page to see that the option --checkpoint-action=dot is supposed to be accepted by tar. vi...@seattle:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 8.10 Release: 8.10 vi...@seattle:~$ uname -a Linux seattle 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux vi...@seattle:~$ tar --version tar (GNU tar) 1.20 Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason. vi...@seattle:~$ apt-cache policy tar tar: Installed: 1.20-1 Candidate: 1.20-1 Version table: *** 1.20-1 0 500 http://it.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: tar (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- tar: dot: unknown checkpoint action https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/328140 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
