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authorVincent Batts <vbatts@hashbangbash.com>2015-08-20 13:56:19 -0400
committerVincent Batts <vbatts@hashbangbash.com>2015-08-20 13:56:19 -0400
commitcca3a6b118fa3f2a0e0a555cddeb36b5cf64afb0 (patch)
tree69747582d23a67b92192232251ad3effb5ed7b69
parent0d43ffef5ad277183ebaef259b2210bfaf913749 (diff)
import: don't create sparse tar archives
Sparse archives are good for files like utmp/wtmp and journals, but it is still expenseive in having to read the files twice to archive them. Additionally there is a supportability issue as GNU sparse archives are not supported by many archive libraries and tooling.
-rw-r--r--src/import/import-common.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/import/import-common.c b/src/import/import-common.c
index 950c7b4acd..d8a3bbc249 100644
--- a/src/import/import-common.c
+++ b/src/import/import-common.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ int import_fork_tar_c(const char *path, pid_t *ret) {
if (r < 0)
log_error_errno(r, "Failed to drop capabilities, ignoring: %m");
- execlp("tar", "tar", "--sparse", "-C", path, "-c", ".", NULL);
+ execlp("tar", "tar", "-C", path, "-c", ".", NULL);
log_error_errno(errno, "Failed to execute tar: %m");
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}