From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 28 22:39:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 237D516A41F; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:39:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca) Received: from mailserver.sandvine.com (sandvine.com [199.243.201.138]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D9E643D53; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:39:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emaste@phaedrus.sandvine.ca) Received: from labgw2.phaedrus.sandvine.com ([192.168.3.11]) by mailserver.sandvine.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:39:24 -0400 Received: by labgw2.phaedrus.sandvine.com (Postfix, from userid 12627) id 0985513638; Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:39:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:39:27 -0400 From: Ed Maste To: Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20050928223927.GA11161@sandvine.com> References: <20050926195807.GD95971@sandvine.com> <17208.30606.117170.36398@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu> <20050927001650.GA9994@sandvine.com> <20050927180021.GB9994@sandvine.com> <433A2882.4030003@freebsd.org> <433A2D6E.7020205@freebsd.org> <20050928152112.GC9994@sandvine.com> <20050928214309.GA31848@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050928214309.GA31848@xor.obsecurity.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Sep 2005 22:39:24.0117 (UTC) FILETIME=[79AB9050:01C5C47D] Cc: Garrett Wollman , Tim Kientzle , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bsdtar and archive torture tests X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:39:30 -0000 On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 05:43:09PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Can we import the tar stress tests as a regression test? i.e. what is > the license on them? Right now the only mention of any copyright info is # Copyright 2003, Elizabeth D. Zwicky in one of the files. The author states The test programs were written in a spirit of experimentation, rather than with the intention of producing software for other people to use. I strongly encourage people who are interested in testing backup and archive programs to produce their own tests that cover the cases they are most interested in. However, if you insist on using my programs, or just want to snicker at my programming, they are available from http://www.greatcircle.com/~zwicky Despite that, I think they've already demonstrated their value. The stress test consists of two perl programs. One creates a test tree, and the other compares file metadata between the original tree and a restored tree. An automated method for running the test and comparing the results is not included (but would be easy to write, of course). I'll contact the author to ask about the license. -- Ed Maste, Sandvine Incorporated