pbzip2 compression incorrectly demands "pbunzip2"

Submitted by Locutus on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 04:43

I just tried the new feature to use "pbzip2" instead of "bzip2" and switched the option in VMin Config accordingly.

"Recheck Configuration" then says: "The command pbunzip2 needed to create or restore backups is not installed."

But the package info for "pbzip2" on my Ubuntu 10.04 says: "The output of this version is fully compatible with bzip2 v1.0.2 (ie: anything compressed with pbzip2 can be decompressed with bzip2)."

So, if I interpret that correctly, there should be no "pbunzip2" necessary, and actually that file is not part of the Ubuntu pbzip2 package, but the regular "bunzip2" can be used.

Status: 
Closed (fixed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 12:58

The pbunzip2 command does exist, but only on some systems .. but Virtualmin incorrectly assumes that it is always available.

The work-around is to run :

ln -s /usr/bin/pbzip2 /usr/bin/pbunzip2

Virtualmin 3.82 will fix this properly by using pbzip2 -d when pbunzip2 is missing.

Submitted by Locutus on Sun, 10/17/2010 - 13:09

Great, good job on this one. And thanks for the workaround! :)

Submitted by Issues on Sun, 10/31/2010 - 14:21

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.