[Rdiff-backup-bugs] [sr #106623] Error during backup: [Errno 36] File name too long:

[Normand Robert]

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                 Summary: Error during backup: [Errno 36] File name too long:
                 Project: rdiff-backup
            Submitted by: normandrobert
            Submitted on: Thu 29 Jan 2009 04:45:22 PM GMT
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

I am getting an error message when doing a backup. rdiff-backup seems to do
its job. Should I worry?

address@hidden spare]# uname -a
Linux dasx 2.6.27.7-134.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 1 22:21:35 EST 2008 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
address@hidden spare]# 

address@hidden spare]# rpm -qa | egrep "(rdiff|python-libs)"
python-libs-2.5.2-1.fc10.x86_64
rdiff-backup-1.2.1-1.fc10.x86_64
address@hidden spare]# 


address@hidden spare]# rdiff-backup /spare dasx::/spare2/backups
ListError dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/.......
...... 
50-60 lines of this in my terminal
......
/dasx/dasx/dasx [Errno 36] File name too long: '/spare/dasx/dasx
.....
......
dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx'

address@hidden spare]# rpm -qa | egrep "(rdiff|python-libs)"
python-libs-2.5.2-1.fc10.x86_64
rdiff-backup-1.2.1-1.fc10.x86_64
address@hidden spare]# 


address@hidden spare]# rdiff-backup /spare dasx::/spare2/backups
ListError dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx/.......
...... 
......
/dasx/dasx/dasx [Errno 36] File name too long: '/spare/dasx/dasx
.....
......
dasx/dasx/dasx/dasx'





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