Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup 1.1.11 failing on Mac OS X 10.4.9

[Patrick McNeal]

Replying out of order, but want to make sure I get you all the info  
you need.

> How about:
>
> $ mkdir test
> $ touch test/file
> $ rdiff-backup test /Volumes/mcneal/backup/test.bak
>
> That should be the same use case as what triggered your error.

Yes, this gives the same error.

> Is that different file store mounted via AFP on the same server?

I installed a clean server ( 10.4 ) and I'm seeing the same problems,  
so I don't think it's a configuration setting.

> Maybe there are some AFP options on the server that can cause  
> problems for
> symlinks.

> A test for that would be:
>
> $ cd /Volumes/mcneal/backup/
> $ touch src
> $ ln -s src tgt
> $ rm tgt
> $ rm src

This test also give the same error.  Running those commands locally  
on the server work fine, which would indicate some problem with AFP.