[rdiff-backup-users] "requested number of bytes is more than a Python string can hold"

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I've recently setup a rdiff-backup solution, and so far, everything worked
great. Now I wanted to add another server who needs to be backuped, but
strangely, it does not seem to work. I get the following output:

~/data$ rdiff-backup --test-server --terminal-verbosity 9
zoidberg-backup::/ignored
Tue May  9 02:51:28 2006  Executing ssh -C zoidberg-backup rdiff-backup
--server
Tue May  9 02:51:28 2006  Client sending (0): ConnectionRequest: Globals.get
with 1 arguments
Tue May  9 02:51:28 2006  Client sending (0): 'version'
Tue May  9 02:51:29 2006  Exception 'requested number of bytes is more than
a Python string can hold' raised of class 'exceptions.OverflowError':
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in
error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 312, in
Main
    rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 73, in cmdpair2rp
    if cmd: conn = init_connection(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 136, in init_connection
    check_connection_version(conn, remote_cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 144, in check_connection_version
    try: remote_version = conn.Globals.get('version')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
448, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
368, in reval
    result = self.get_response(req_num)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
315, in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
240, in _get
    data = self._read(length)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
210, in _read
    try: return self.inpipe.read(length)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in
error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 312, in
Main
    rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 73, in cmdpair2rp
    if cmd: conn = init_connection(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 136, in init_connection
    check_connection_version(conn, remote_cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py",
line 144, in check_connection_version
    try: remote_version = conn.Globals.get('version')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
448, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
368, in reval
    result = self.get_response(req_num)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
315, in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
240, in _get
    data = self._read(length)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line
210, in _read
    try: return self.inpipe.read(length)
OverflowError: requested number of bytes is more than a Python string can
hold
~/data$ Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system

rdiff-backup is the current package from sarge-backports (1.1.5), the
destination system is a debian sarge on amd64 (2.6.8-11-amd64-k8) with , the
source system a debian sarge/unstable mix on amd64, but running an i386
kernel. Both use the same version of the ssh package.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Michael