Comment 0 for bug 2070671

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Eric MacDonald (rocksolidmtce) wrote :

Brief Description
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If the collect exclude list contains dirs or files that are found in the collect include list then those intended exclude files are not excluded.

Tar favors the include list content over the exclude list content in its include/exclude handling.

Severity
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Minor: Some intended excluded files are included when they should not be.

Steps to Reproduce
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run collect

Expected Behavior
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If /var/log/lastlog were in the collect exclude list then it should be excluded

Actual Behavior
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It is not exclluded if that same file exists in the include list

Reproducibility
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100%

System Configuration
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Any

Branch/Pull Time/Commit
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Any prior to the release of a fix for this issue.

Last Pass
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Never noticed. Test escape.

Timestamp/Logs
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N/A

Test Activity
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Developer Testing

Workaround
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Not easy. maybe remove the offending exclude file before running collect.