[rdiff-backup-users] has anyone seen this error

[Aronesty, Erik]

this only happens on one of 4 machines i'm trying to use rdiff backup on

the machines all have the same kinds of data... but this particular machine is running

Python 2.3.2

The others are running 2.7

I would assume it was that and change things, except it's a very very expensive NAS-like device that I inherited and I would like to make the minimum changes if possible:

# Start the backup.log

Reading globbing filelist /opt/sys/rdiff-config/global.exclude

Reading globbing filelist /opt/sys/rdiff-config/isilon-7.include.mnt_scratch.tmp

Starting mirror /ifs/data/scratch to /vol1/mnt/scratch

# ... Everything proceeds apace...

# and then unicode death

Making directory path /vol1/mnt/scratch/rdiff-backup-data/increments/ahoerter/wc

Processing changed file ahoerter/wc/sbi-opt/sys

Making directory path /vol1/mnt/scratch/rdiff-backup-data/increments/ahoerter/wc/sbi-opt

Sending back exception 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0x98 in position 0: unexpected code byte of type exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError:

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 335, in answer_request

    result = apply(eval(request.function_string), argument_list)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 485, in readfromid

    if length is None: return cls.vfiles[id].read()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 302, in read

    if not self.addtobuffer(): break

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 325, in addtobuffer

    try: currentobj = self.iter.next()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 342, in next

    next_elem = self.iter.next()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/selection.py", line 132, in Iterate_fast

    try: rpath, val = diryield_stack[-1].next()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/selection.py", line 118, in diryield

    for filename in self.listdir(rpath):

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/selection.py", line 181, in listdir

Sending back exception ('function takes exactly 5 arguments (0 given)', <type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>, ()) of type <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 335, in answer_request

    result = apply(eval(request.function_string), argument_list)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 485, in readfromid

    if length is None: return cls.vfiles[id].read()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 302, in read

    if not self.addtobuffer(): break

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 325, in addtobuffer

    try: currentobj = self.iter.next()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 166, in get_sigs

    for src_rorp, dest_rorp in cls.CCPP:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 320, in next

    source_rorp, dest_rorp = self.iter.next()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 92, in Collate2Iters

    try: relem1 = riter1.next()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 382, in next

    while not type: type, data = "">

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 414, in _get

    if not self.buf: self.buf += self.file.read()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 518, in read

    return self.connection.VirtualFile.readfromid(self.id, length)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 450, in __call__

    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 368, in reval

    result = self.get_response(req_num)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 315, in get_response

    try: req_num, object = self._get()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 241, in _get

    if format_string == "o": result = cPickle.loads(data)

Sending back exception ('function takes exactly 5 arguments (0 given)', <class exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError at 0x8111c8c>, ()) of type exceptions.TypeError:

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 335, in answer_request

    result = apply(eval(request.function_string), argument_list)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 485, in readfromid

    if length is None: return cls.vfiles[id].read()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 302, in read

    if not self.addtobuffer(): break

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 325, in addtobuffer

    try: currentobj = self.iter.next()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 103, in get_diffs

    for dest_sig in dest_sigiter:

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 382, in next

    while not type: type, data = "">

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 414, in _get

    if not self.buf: self.buf += self.file.read()

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 518, in read

    return self.connection.VirtualFile.readfromid(self.id, length)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 450, in __call__

    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 370, in reval

    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result

Sending back exception ('function takes exactly 5 arguments (0 given)', <type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>, ()) of type <type 'exceptions.TypeError'>:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 335, in answer_request

    result = apply(eval(request.function_string), argument_list)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 230, in patch

    for diff in rorpiter.FillInIter(source_diffiter, dest_rpath):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 177, in FillInIter

    for rp in rpiter:

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 382, in next

    while not type: type, data = "">

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/iterfile.py", line 414, in _get

    if not self.buf: self.buf += self.file.read()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 518, in read

    return self.connection.VirtualFile.readfromid(self.id, length)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 450, in __call__

    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 370, in reval

    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result