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Description of problem: Trying to run a newer version of amanda with the Fedora xattrs patch results in: /bin/tar --create --file /dev/null --numeric-owner --directory /export/cora3/werne/amundsen3 --one-file-system --listed-incremental /var/lib/amanda/gnutar-lists/alexandria_export_cora3_werne_amundsen3_1.new --sparse --xattrs --ignore-failed-read --totals --exclude-from /var/log/amanda/sendsize._export_cora3_werne_amundsen3.20100113190009.exclude . /bin/tar: GNU features wanted on incompatible archive format tar does not complain on Fedora 12, and the info page on 5.4 does not seem to indicate that using --xattrs would be a problem on posix archives. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): tar-1.15.1-23.0.1.el5
Thanks for report... Difference is there: RHEL 5.4 has: if (volume_label_option && subcommand_option == CREATE_SUBCOMMAND) assert_format (FORMAT_MASK (OLDGNU_FORMAT) | FORMAT_MASK (GNU_FORMAT)); if (incremental_option || multi_volume_option) assert_format (FORMAT_MASK (OLDGNU_FORMAT) | FORMAT_MASK (GNU_FORMAT)); if (sparse_option) assert_format (FORMAT_MASK (OLDGNU_FORMAT) | FORMAT_MASK (GNU_FORMAT) | FORMAT_MASK (POSIX_FORMAT)); F-12 has if ((volume_label_option && subcommand_option == CREATE_SUBCOMMAND) || incremental_option || multi_volume_option || sparse_option) assert_format (FORMAT_MASK (OLDGNU_FORMAT) | FORMAT_MASK (GNU_FORMAT) | FORMAT_MASK (POSIX_FORMAT)); It means that incremental, multivolume and volume label option (when creating archives) are not allowed for POSIX_FORMAT on RHEL-5.4. Will check why, it could be either just by accident or intentionally.
Changing summary - this has nothing to do with xattrs patch. I checked the changes for incremental option in upstream git and they look quite invasive for RHEL-5 . I'll close that bugzilla WONTFIX - it has nothing to do with xattrs patch, it is caused by --listed-incremental option which is not supported in RHEL-5 tar for POSIX format. This option was never supported in RHEL-5 tar for POSIX format and therefore it can't be used. Related upstream commits: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=aea1d50da919e8649e6eb7ae849db2511e3636f1 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=f6458a827ae7a2c41616490f653714068072b257 ... maybe several others - haven't checked this more closely.
*** Bug 589552 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***