Re: [rdiff-backup-users] fails trying to save xattr where no xattr exists

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Jul 13, 2008, at 6:03 PM, martin f krafft wrote:

> also sprach Andrew Ferguson <address@hidden> [2008.07.13.2349  
> +0200]:
> > It may not support *user* extended attributes. If you use SELinux,  
> > that
> > could explain it.
>
> We don't use SELinux.

Well that's funny then. I wonder if your setup is reporting a  
different error code for when EAs are not supported?

Can you try the following: On the source, in fs_abilities.py at line  
365, you will see:

                except IOError:
                        log.Log("Extended attributes not supported by ")

change that to:

                except (OSError, IOError):
                        log.Log("Extended attributes not supported by ")

and then see if it finds EA support on the source.


BTW, does rdiff-backup indicate that it found ACL support? (It also  
only catches IOError and not OSError).



thanks,
Andrew