tar: dot: unknown checkpoint action
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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tar (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: tar
This page describes the exact problem:
http://
Check the tar man page to see that the option --checkpoint-
vitor@seattle:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
vitor@seattle:~$ uname -a
Linux seattle 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
vitor@seattle:~$ tar --version
tar (GNU tar) 1.20
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
vitor@seattle:~$ apt-cache policy tar
tar:
Installed: 1.20-1
Candidate: 1.20-1
Version table:
*** 1.20-1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
This bug is present in Jaunty too. Can this get fixed or can the man page be updated?
jdreed@ infinite- loop:~$ tar --checkpoint=100 --checkpoint- action= dot -xf somefile.tar
tar: dot: unknown checkpoint action
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
From the man page:
--checkpoint -action
this action allows to specify an action to be executed upon hit‐
ting a checkpoint. Recognized actions are: dot, echo (the
default) ...
jdreed@ infinite- loop:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
jdreed@ infinite- loop:~$ uname -a
Linux infinite-loop 2.6.28-14-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Sat Jul 25 00:28:35 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
jdreed@ infinite- loop:~$ tar --version gnu.org/ licenses/ gpl.html>
tar (GNU tar) 1.20
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by John Gilmore and Jay Fenlason.
jdreed@ infinite- loop:~$ apt-cache policy tar ubuntu. media.mit. edu jaunty/main Packages dpkg/status
tar:
Installed: 1.20-1
Candidate: 1.20-1
Version table:
*** 1.20-1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/