address@hidden: Re: bug report tar v. 1.13.18]

[Gerhard Poul]

FYI

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gerhard,
thx for your patience and sorry that i bothered you.
under 1.13.25 tar runs very well.

i answer so late, because the command runs five hour's (if i zip) - so 
the test needs much time...

but if it's interresting for u, here's the problem, that was under 
1-13.18 in other words:

i use tar and onstream ADR2.120 to backup.
the tapes are 30/60GB
until yet the ammount of data to backup was under 30GB, now it's about 32GB.

here's the result under tar 1.13.18:
tar -c -b 64...                 - tape full
tar -cz -b 64...                - I/O error after about 5 hours.
tar --block-compress -cz -b 64  - success after a bit more than before, 
but "obsolete" message...

now, under tar 1.13.25 there's success with 'tar -cz -b64'.


Gerhard Poul schrieb:
>The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
>that has been posted to gmane.comp.gnu.utils.bugs as well.
>
>Hi Kurt,
>
>As documented in the tar documentation in node "Blocking Factor" the
>'--compress-block' option is no longer necessary to reblock compressed
>archives.
>
>Please also notice that you shouldn't be compressing files onto a tape
>using gzip. The I/O error you receive is most likely from gzip.
>
>Could you please clarify your problem for me?  From your description
>I'd assume that the tape was full and gzip was just not gracefully
>handling that.
>
>In addition, please report bugs using the latest alpha version. You
>can get it on alpha.gnu.org. Currently this is version 1.13.25.
>
>yours,
>  gpoul
>
>


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