Re: [Tiki-devel] Broken "Dump Files" feature

Hi Volker

Actually i thought that had been removed a while ago, but i believe you it's still there! ;)

Did you add a bug report on dev? That's probably the best way to get someone to investigate, possibly another php8+ casualty?

Thanks

jonny



> On 13 Oct 2023, at 14:37, Volker Wysk <post-hhF2Jplw28UoZk/[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Tiki has a feature called "Dump Files". It's available at the very end of
> the "Wiki" Control Panel page, if you have disable the tab view. 
> 
> It is supposed to create a dump of the whole wiki (with restrictions), as a
> tar file.
> 
> In Tiki 24 or 25, this created a tar archive, which appeared to be
> corrupt. The dump is created with some very old tar file creator PHP class. 
> 
> My guess is, that, in Tiki 24/25, the created tar file's format is just out
> of date. The "tar" program can create/unpack archives of five different
> formats - see the section "Archive format selection" in the tar manpage. It
> doesn't say if the format is detected automatically. I guess that it
> doesn't. I would like try to create an archive and see if it can be unpacked
> when choosing a different format than the default. I need to install Tiki
> 24/25 for trying first, though.
> 
> However, in Tiki 26, the "Create Dump File" button doesn't create anything.
> Nothing happens for some five seconds and then you get an empty page as a
> result. If you go back, the "Download dump file" button in the Wiki control
> panel stays shaded out.
> 
> I don't know how to troubeshoot this. The state of things in Tiki 24 or 25
> is unpleasant, but if my guess is right, then creating a dump file in an
> outdated format and repack it could be a practicable way to do it.
> 
> So my first concern is how to get the behavior of Tiki 24/25 back.
> 
> Cheers,
> Volker
> 
> 
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