[Bug 1290563] [NEW] tar backup and restore produces corrupt data

[Robert Nemeth]

Public bug reported:

I'm using xfsprogs 3.1.9ubuntu1 on 13.10.

I tar'd a disk partition from a connected drive taken from a Buffalo
Linkstation using

tar pcvf /home/.../xfs.tar .  (whilst on the relevant dir)

The tar worked fine (as far as I could tell), but when I restored this
to a new drives xfs partition, the resulting restore was totally messed
up.  It 'looked' ok from an ls of the root, but several folders down and
directories were listed as files, and a fourth level directory listed
the second level directory as it's contents.  It is totally unusable.

** Affects: xfsprogs (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: corruption xfs xfsprogs

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Title:
  tar backup and restore produces corrupt data

Status in “xfsprogs” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm using xfsprogs 3.1.9ubuntu1 on 13.10.

  I tar'd a disk partition from a connected drive taken from a Buffalo
  Linkstation using

  tar pcvf /home/.../xfs.tar .  (whilst on the relevant dir)

  The tar worked fine (as far as I could tell), but when I restored this
  to a new drives xfs partition, the resulting restore was totally
  messed up.  It 'looked' ok from an ls of the root, but several folders
  down and directories were listed as files, and a fourth level
  directory listed the second level directory as it's contents.  It is
  totally unusable.

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