Subject: Bug#3806: dump doesn't record the dump dates...

From: Carlos Carvalho <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 96 13:14 EST

Package: dump
Version: 0.3-5

I used the command
dump 0f - / | (cd /mnt; restore xf -)

to make a copy of the root partition. The file /etc/dumpdates was
created, but it was empty at the end. This means that I can't do level
9 dumps/restores to track only the modifications... The same happens
if I dump other partitions. The dump/restore itself seems to work.

Carlos

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From: Carlos Carvalho <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 96 19:32 EST

David Frey ([email-masked]) wrote on 17 July 1996 23:09:
 >Carlos> Package: dump
 >Carlos> Version: 0.3-5
 >Carlos> 
 >Carlos> I used the command
 >Carlos> dump 0f - / | (cd /mnt; restore xf -)
 >Carlos> 
 >Carlos> to make a copy of the root partition. The file /etc/dumpdates was
 >Carlos> created, but it was empty at the end. This means that I can't do level
 >Carlos> 9 dumps/restores to track only the modifications... The same happens
 >Carlos> if I dump other partitions. The dump/restore itself seems to work.
 >
 >Haven't you forgot the u (update /etc/dumpdates) flag?

Yes :-( In fact u isn't the default. I think it should be, because the
file is created, but left empty, so the behaviour is inconsistent.

Carlos

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From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 96 22:13 BST

Carlos Carvalho writes ("Bug#3806: dump doesn't record the dump dates..."):
> > [Carlos:]

Then surely the bug is that it is created even when you don't
say `u' ?

Ian.