Re: tar 1.13.19

[Olivier]

Hi,

As teh README says:

>* Failed test `incremen.sh'.
>
I>n an NFS environment, lack of synchronization between machine clocks
>might create difficulties to any tool comparing dates and file time stamps,

>like `tar' in incremental dumps.  This has been a recurrent problem with
>GNU Make for the last few years.  We would like a general solution.

It seems to me that test ignfail.sh do fail also on NFS mounted file system.

I am running FreeBSD 4.2 NFS server and client. ignfail.sh will fail on the
first test of the script, returning status 0 instead of 2. It tried it by
hand too and that was the same.

When running the same code on a ufs file system, the test pass OK.

Olivier

Olivier wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just got tar 1.13 fresh from GNU ftp, compiled and installed OK.
>
> Now I get the following error when I try to tar from the root of the
> directory tree:
>
> amanda<root>110: cd /
> /
> amanda<root>111: !tar
> tar cf /dev/null --one-file-system .
> tar: minor_t value 536870912 too large (max=16777215)
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> amanda<root>112:
> amanda<root>112: tar --version
> tar (GNU tar) 1.13
>
> Copyright (C) 1988, 92,93,94,95,96,97,98, 1999 Free Software Foundation,
> Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
> NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
> PURPOSE.
>
> Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
> amanda<root>113:
>
> Error is the same without the --one-file-system option.
>
> Error occures on FreeBSD 4.3 and 4.2 (same error on both systems).
>
> Any help would be usefull, preferably by email: address@hidden
>
> Thank you,
>
> Olivier