Re: Re: hdup2 issues

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[On 28 Apr, @ 05:32, DJB wrote in "[hdup-user] Re: hdup2 issues ..."]
> Miek Gieben wrote:
> >Hello,=20
> >
> >This is a list with the current issues in hdup2 on it. (I don't
> >have time to maintain hdup1.6 - that version will prob. be
> >removed from my site within this year).
> >
> >The one major thing I want to fix is #1, but this involves=20
> >patching gnu tar and hdup2. But I will see how far I can take
> >this. I really consider hdup2 to be complete if this is finished.
> >(but i've said that before :-) )
> >
> >I consider the rest minor stuff, for which I don't have any time. But of
> >course I will accept patches for that. :-)
> >
> >The list:
> >
> >(For the record; #2 - #6 also apply to hdup1.6)
> >
> >1. tar fails to include directory information=20
> >   in the incremental dumps it creates for hdup.
> >   Also see debian bug #302790
> >   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D302790
> >
>=20
> Any idea when #1 will be fixed or when a workaround will be available?
>=20
> I think hdup2 is the most easy-to-use backup/restore system but I cannot=
=20
> use it because of #1.  And I think it could be several years (if ever)=20
> before tar is updated to fix their part of this issue.

I don't know. Hdup1.6 does not have this issue, because it uses
gnu tar slightly different. But I don't have the time to maintain
2 different branches of hdup.

> I guess the most powerful combo would be hdup2 to provide support for=20
> DAR 2.2.1 instead of relying on tar solutions like gnu tar or star.  But=
=20
> I understand the desire to stick with programs that are included by=20
> default with all Linux distros.

Hmm, I never looked at dar. Maybe that is an idea.

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