Imported Debian patch 2.4.5p1-2

[debian/amanda] / debian / amanda-server.README.Debian

diff --git a/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian b/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian
index 128d5ded7ced8be0ad7730c13007fcf1e4bdf556..ba866da3d8c58eceb710134b0c4609f03732cc34 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian
+++ b/debian/amanda-server.README.Debian
@@ -61,3 +61,16 @@ backup of a live filesystem under all circumstances.  The tar utility is
 filesystem type, and there are entries in the default amanda.conf file 
 defining dump types using tar.
 
+Note that if you are using tar with amanda, and getting errors about missing
+exclude files (particularly on upgrades from older versions), then you may
+need to update your dumptypes definition to explicitly indicate that the 
+exclude file is optional, as shown in this example:
+
+       define dumptype userdata-lowvalue {
+          program "GNUTAR"
+          comment "Low value user data dumped with tar"
+          options compress-fast, index
+          exclude list optional ".amandaexclude"
+          priority low
+       }
+