Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 16:12:28 -0500 (EST) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net> To: David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: tar and nodump flag Message-ID: <20011203160558.R68816-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> In-Reply-To: <20011203112625.A28547@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, David O'Brien wrote: >On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 03:50:00PM -0500, Brandon D. Valentine wrote: >> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Christian Weisgerber wrote: >> >> >- It doesn't support incremental backups. That isn't a problem in >> > itself, but it's a feature our GNU tar currently has and people >> > probably don't want to lose. >> >> It's a feature that is essential that FreeBSD doesn't lose IMO. Those >> of us who use tar w/ amanda to backup FreeBSD boxes know how crucial the >> ability to make incremental backups of filesystems can be. > >GNUtar would always be available as a port. So that takes care of the >amanda requirement. Indeed it does. In fact, the ports/archivers/gtar port provides the latest GNUtar (1.13.25) which is on the list of things I install upon first booting a freshly installed FreeBSD box. It's the only way to make amanda play nicely. >> Even my IRIX boxes come with >> GNUtar 1.13 in the freeware distribution. Our base system having 1.11.2 >> is unfortunate. > >If I make a test FreeBSD latest-GNUtar version, are you willing to test >it out and tell me if it could go live? Not on production boxes obviously but I'll put it through its paces at home for you if you like. I should think it would be pretty straightforward seeing as there is already a port which has taken care of any potential build problems. It looks like you've Cc'd the port maintainer for the gtar port on this so perhaps he's interested in helping out? Let me know if you need testing assistance. Brandon D. Valentine -- "Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari." - G. Valerius Catullus, Carmina, XLVI To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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