X-Git-Url: https://git.dogcows.com/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ChangeLog;h=bb7d8de1351216ae3d71d4565b3a57c0de9cde1b;hb=7eeb467132fbc37dff8a008c33f4e277291a4609;hp=74eeadab473a7caaf7a454f26e7a9969a631db58;hpb=ccaedb6b291638d4b8cf77ba90c45d67313a3e73;p=chaz%2Ftar diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 74eeada..bb7d8de 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,59 @@ +2004-02-21 Sergey Poznyakoff + + * src/create.c (dump_file0): The conditional at line + 1296 prevented incremental backups on individual files + from working, as reported by Andreas Schuldei + . + + This is due to the condition + + (0 < top_level || !incremental_option) + + Removing it makes incremental backups work for individual + files as well as for directories. On the other hand, it does + not affect other functionality, as shown by the reasoning below: + + To begin with, the two parts of this condition are mutually + superfluous, because + + 1) when top_level < 0, incremental_option == 1 + so the condition yields false + 2) when top_level >= 0, incremental_option == 0 + so the condition yields true. + + In other words, it is completely equivalent to + + (!incremental_option) + + Now, let's consider the effect of its removal. There are two cases: + + 1) when incremental_option==1 + This means incremental backup in progress. In this case dump_file + is invoked only for directories or for files marked with 'Y' by + get_directory_contents. The latter are those that did not meet the + condition in incremen.c:242, which is exactly the same condition + as this at create.c:1296. So, for these files the check + (!incremental_option) is useless, since the rest of the + conditional will yield false anyway. On the other hand, if + dump_file is invoked on a directory, the conditional will yield + false due to !S_ISDIR assertion, so these will be processed as usual. + + Thus, for this case the extra condition (!incremental_option) is + irrelevant, and its removal won't alter the behavior of tar, + *except* that it will enable incremental backups on individual + files, which is the wanted effect. + + 2) when incremental_option==0 + In this case the condition yields true and its removal does not + affect the functionality. + + * THANKS: Updated + * configure.ac: Raised patchlevel to 92a + * src/incremen.c: Minor stylistic fixes. + * tests/listed01.sh: New test. Check listed incremental + backups on individual files. + * tests/Makefile.am: Added listed01.sh + 2004-02-20 Sergey Poznyakoff * src/common.h (simple_finish_header,start_private_header): New