dar_manager - incremental backups and removed file

Hi all,

I am running incremental backups and also keeping dar_manager  
databases up-to-date by automatically removing/adding entries.

Recently, I got an issue where, when files are deleted between 2  
backups, it complains about the order not being correct. (I name the  
archives based on the timestamp of when they are created, so am 100%  
certain the order should be correct.

The messages I see:


$ dar_manager -B /store/backups/san1/cat/zdata_os_services_binhost_root.dmd -c
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/OTF/.uuid
Dates are not increasing for all files when database's archive number  
grows, working with this database may lead to improper file's restored  
version. Please reorder the archive within the database in the way  
that the older is the first archive and so on up to the most recent  
archive being the last of the database
Do you want to ignore the same type of error for other files? [return  
= YES | Esc = NO]
Escaping...
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/hack/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/misc/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/encodings/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/encodings/large/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/dejavu/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/Type1/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/cyrillic/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/libertine/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/kanjistrokeorders/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/75dpi/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/noto/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/util/.uuid
Dates of file's data are not increasing when database's archive number  
grows. Concerned file is: usr/share/fonts/100dpi/.uuid
Error met while processing operation: Some files do not follow  
chronological order when archive index increases withing the database,  
this can lead dar_manager to restored a wrong version of these files
Some files do not follow chronological order when archive index  
increases withing the database, this can lead dar_manager to restored  
a wrong version of these files

admin@mngrnl ~ $ dar_manager -B zdata_os_services_binhost_root.dmd -f  
usr/share/fonts/liberation-fonts/.uuid
         1       Thu Jun  3 13:32:10 2021  saved                        
           absent
         2       Thu Jun  3 13:32:10 2021  present                      
           absent
         3       Thu Jun  3 13:32:10 2021  present                      
           absent
         4       Thu Jun  3 13:32:10 2021  removed                      
           absent

[[[[ This result is the same for any of the other .uuid files ]]]]

$ dar_manager -B /store/backups/san1/cat/zdata_os_services_binhost_root.dmd -l

dar path         :
dar options      :
database version : 6
compression used : gzip
compression level: 9

archive #   |    path      |    basename
------------+--------------+---------------
         1       .        
MNGR_20240301T000001_san1__zdata_os_services_binhost_root
         2       .        
MNGR_20240401T000002_san1__zdata_os_services_binhost_root
         3       .        
MNGR_20240407T000001_san1__zdata_os_services_binhost_root
         4       .        
MNGR_20240414T000001_san1__zdata_os_services_binhost_root


Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

Many thanks,

Joost