id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
356	"Bad call to ""star"" when using -R flag on RHEL5.3 resulting in an empty backup"	kritzenthaler	Bruno Cornec	"===
Distro : RHEL 5.3
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pkgs list :

-rw-r----- 1 root root   61421 Mar 27  2007 afio-2.4.7-1.i386.rpm[[BR]]
-rw-r----- 1 root root   10912 Mar 27  2007 buffer-1.19-1.i386.rpm[[BR]]
-rw-r----- 1 root root  253867 Feb 18  2009 mindi-2.0.6-1.rhel5.i386.rpm[[BR]]
-rw-r----- 1 root root  254548 Feb  4  2009 mindi-busybox-1.7.3-1.rhel5.i386.rpm[[BR]]
-rw-r----- 1 root root  610882 Oct 14  2008 mkisofs-2.01-10.7.el5.i386.rpm[[BR]]
-rw-r----- 1 root root  934919 Feb 10  2009 mondo-2.2.8-1.rhel5.i386.rpm[[BR]]
-rw-r----- 1 root root 1909171 Feb  4  2009 mondo-doc-2.2.8-1.rhel5.noarch.rpm

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cmd-line executed : mondoarchive -OVi -N -R -d /tmp/backup -E /tmp/backup -s 4480m
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'''The resulting backup does not contain data because every call to ""star"" fails due to the ""-acl"" flag.''' 
Could it be related with the version of ""star"" brought by RHEL5.3 (star-1.5a75-2.i386) ? 

Here is a mondoarchive.log extract (full file attached):[[BR]]
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[Main] libmondo-archive.c->archive_this_fileset_with_star#230: res=65024; tmp='star: Processed all possible files, despite earlier errors.'
[Main] libmondo-archive.c->archive_this_fileset_with_star#234: Star returned nonfatal error
		[Main] libmondo-archive.c->archive_this_fileset_with_star#256: Succeeded in writing set 0, on try #2
			[Main] libmondo-archive.c->create_afio_files_in_background#1134:                                          [12467:0] - archived 0 OK
			[Main] libmondo-archive.c->create_afio_files_in_background#1094:                                          [12467:0] - EXATing 2...
			[Main] libmondo-archive.c->create_afio_files_in_background#1107:                                          [12467:0] - archiving 2...
			[Main] libmondo-archive.c->archive_this_fileset_with_star#224: command = 'star H=star list=/usr/mondo.tmp.r6Am5d/filelist.2 -c -xfflags -acl file=/usr/mondo.tmp.r6Am5d/tmpfs/2.star.bz2 -bz 2>> /var/log/mondoarchive.log'
'''star: Archive format 'star' does not support -acl.
Usage:	star cmd [options] file1 ... filen

Use	star -help
and	star -xhelp
to get a list of valid cmds and options.

Use	star H=help
to get a list of valid archive header formats.

Use	star diffopts=help
to get a list of valid diff options.'''[[BR]]
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"	defect	closed	low	2.2.9	mondo	2.2.8	blocker	fixed