Bug 1378708 - Empty archive file generated by the dump utility
Summary: Empty archive file generated by the dump utility
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dump
Version: 24
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Josef Ridky
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-09-23 07:28 UTC by Claude Frantz
Modified: 2016-09-23 07:34 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-09-23 07:34:36 UTC
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Description Claude Frantz 2016-09-23 07:28:40 UTC 
Description of problem:
When dumping with the dump utility, the archive file (-A flag) is generated as empty file.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 24, dump 0.4b45 (using libext2fs 1.42.13 of 17-May-2015)

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. dump -0 -A /tmp/arch-test -f /tmp/dump-test /opt (as an example)
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Actual results:
The archive file is empty

Expected results:
An archive file with the right contents

Additional info:
Comment 1 Josef Ridky 2016-09-23 07:34:36 UTC 
This issue is resolved in the latest dump release (dump-0.4b46)

This release is in testing phase. You can install it by following command:

   sudo dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing upgrade dump

Feel free to reopen this bug in case the issue persist.
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