Bacula console shows incorrect job and file retention periods

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Issue

The command `show pool' on bacula console is reporting incorrect retention periods:

*show pool=BDC-Tape-year
(...)
JobRetention=4447949 years 9 months 22 days 3 hours 20 mins 40 FileRetention=0 secs
(...)

The job and file retention do not match the configuration:

Pool {
Name = BDC-Tape-year
Cleaning Prefix = "CLN"
Pool Type = Backup
Storage = BDC-Tape1
ScratchPool = BDC-Scratch
RecyclePool = BDC-Scratch
AutoPrune = yes
Volume Retention = 7 years
Volume use duration = 1 week
Job Retention = 8 years
File Retention = 8 years
}

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2

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