id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
480	Sparse files are not handled properly	cp005e	Bruno Cornec	"I run 64-bit Linux in an Active Directory environment using Likewise, which results in legitimately large uids.  Constantly deleting /var/log/lastlog is a tedious workaround to the real problem of Mondo not properly handling sparse files.  Instead I am forced to simply exclude the /var/log directory completely.

Additionally, if someone had a sparse file that they wanted to back up (e.g. a virtual machine disk file), it would take far longer (and potentially far more space) than necessary to back their system.

This is related to #131, but I truly think that it is an issue worth correcting at the source rather than simply excluding these files (such as /var/log/lastlog).  "	defect	closed	normal		mondo	2.2.9.6	normal	wontfix	sparse lastlog