Re: [BackupPC-users] tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive

[Tim E. <tk...@tk...>]

On 7/2/21 7:01 PM, Phil Kennedy wrote:
> If memory serves, the crux of the issue was that smbclient (well, samba 
> in general) changed the way verbose output was handled. The tar errors 
> (unexpected end of file) resulted from a samba not reporting the same 
> number of files (specifically, reporting 0 files backed up as verbose 
> output was broken) backed up versus the actual number of files moved.
> 
> There is a workaround to get samba going again, but I can't seem to 
> recreate the search terms I used to find the fix.
> 
> (Apologies if I'm confusing a separate issue with the one OP brought up.)
> ~Phil

You got the right issue. There is an open bug report, 
https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/404
-- 
Tim Evans			|   5 Chestnut Court
443-394-3864			|   Owings Mills, MD 21117