Support non-Gnu tar
Bug #278478 reported by
Alexander Skwar
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mylvmbackup |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Lenz Grimmer | ||
Bug Description
Right now, mylvmbackup calls:
$tar $tararg $tarballtmp -C $topmountdir $mountdir_
With "-C", GNU tar can change the directory prior to creating the tar.
Sadly, only GNU tar supports that. The portable way is to do "cd $topmountdir ; $tar ....".
The default $tararg is set to "cvfz". With "z", gzip compression is done.
That's also a Gnuism. The portable way is to do "tar cvf - .... | gzip -> file.tar.gz".
It would be good, if those Gnuism wouldn't be done.
I'll publish a branch shortly, which fixes this.
Related branches
lp:~a.skwar/mylvmbackup/non-gnu
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Revision history for this message
| Lenz Grimmer (lenzgr) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in mylvmbackup: | |
| assignee: | nobody → lenzgr |
| status: | New → Fix Committed |
Revision history for this message
| Lenz Grimmer (lenzgr) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in mylvmbackup: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| milestone: | none → 0.11 |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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Thanks a lot for your report and the contribution! I merged the changes from the non-gnu repository into the trunk, the change will be part of the next release. Please test!