Re: [Duplicity-talk] Downgrade?

[edgar . soldin]

Did you remove the files of duplicity under
/usr/lib/python*/duplicity ?

As a workaround:

Did you try to configure an empty passphrase? .. ede


On 03.04.2010 01:12, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi Edgar, thanks for a quick response.
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> # which duplicity
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> /usr/bin/duplicity
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> #
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> Yes, both versions were installed for tarball downloaded from the
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> duplicity website.  I now uninstalled everything duplicity-related and
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> installed 0.6.06 from the same source I had before.  But I continue
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> getting the GnuPG password prompt, to which I just press Enter and it
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> continues successfully with the rest of the run.
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> I deleted and recreated the key pair, but that did not help.  I'm
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> continuing to chip away at it, but just wanted to get this out, perhaps
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> something will come to you before I get anywhere...
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> Thanks again,
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> Paul
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> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:01 PM
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> To: Discussion of the backup program duplicity
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> Subject: Re: [Duplicity-talk] Downgrade?
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> were 0.6.06 also installed from tarball?
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> what does 'which duplicity' output?
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> 
> but this still doesn't explain why gpg asks for a passphrase if none is
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> needed. could be a bug. why don't you install 0.6.06,08b in parallel and
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> doublecheck that it's the case. if the error is only with 08b we'd
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> appreciate if you comeback with more details or file a bug report on
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> launchpad.
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> here is what I do to have multiple versions of duplicity available
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> # download & extract
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> wget
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> http://code.launchpad.net/duplicity/0.6-series/0.6.06/+download/duplicit
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> y-0.6.07.tar.gz
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> tar xvf duplicity-0.6.07.tar.gz
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> cd duplicity-0.6.07/
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> # run install into folder PREFIX
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> PREFIX=~/_apps/duplicity-0.6.07 ; python setup.py install
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> --prefix=$PREFIX --install-lib=$PREFIX
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> # patch duplicity to search for libs where we put them
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> PREFIX=~/_apps/duplicity-0.6.07; cat $PREFIX/bin/duplicity | awk
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> '1;/import getpass, gzip, os, sys, time, types/{print
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> "sys.path.insert(1,sys.path[0] + \47/../\47)"}' >
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> $PREFIX/bin/duplicity_mod && chmod 755 $PREFIX/bin/duplicity_mod && mv
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> $PREFIX/bin/duplicity_mod $PREFIX/bin/duplicity
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> you could use /usr/local/duplicity-0.6.07 as a prefix if you don't want
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> to have the application in the user home
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> .. ede/duply.net
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> PS: received your bug report.
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> On 02.04.2010 23:36, address@hidden wrote:
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>>
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>> Hi All,
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>>  
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>> I've been running duplicity-0.6.06 for several months, also using
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> duply
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>> as a front-end.  I recently upgraded to duplicity-0.6.08b and now my
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>> unattended backups fail.  When ran manually, I'm always prompted for
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> the
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>> GnuPG password, even though one is not defined.
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>>  
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>> I tried downgrading back to 0.6.06 by re-running the install script
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>> (python setup.py install) and it completes successfully, but when I
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>> check the version, it still shows 0.6.08b.
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>>  
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>> # /usr/bin/duplicity --version
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>> duplicity 0.6.08b
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>> #
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>>  
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>> But when I cat the script, it shows the version I want:
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>>  
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>> # cat /usr/bin/duplicity
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>> #!/usr/bin/env python
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>> # -*- Mode:Python; indent-tabs-mode:nil; tab-width:4 -*-
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>> #
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>> # duplicity -- Encrypted bandwidth efficient backup
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>> # Version 0.6.06 released October 29, 2009
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>> #
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>>  
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>> I don't understand what's happening.
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>> How can I downgrade or uninstall 0.6.08b and reinstall 0.6.06?
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>>  
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>> Thanks,
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>> Paul
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>> -- ea926h
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