Subject: bin/652: dump/restore ignore file flags.
To: None <gnats-admin@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
From: matthew green <mrg@splode.mame.mu.OZ.AU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/21/1994 08:47:08
>Number: 652
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: dump and restore do not honour file flags.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 21 08:47:06 1994
>Originator: matthew green
>Organization:
bozotic software foundation.
>Release: 20th december 1994.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD splode.mame.mu.OZ.AU 1.0A NetBSD 1.0A (_splode_) #106: Wed Dec 14 23:23:48 EST 1994 mrg@splode.mame.mu.OZ.AU:/splode/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/_splode_ sparc
>Description:
dump(8) and restore(8) do not honour the file flags, and thus they
are lost without warning when using dump and restore.
>How-To-Repeat:
make a file unchange able with 'chflags schg file', and then use
dump and restore on this file(system), and the schg file will be
gone.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: