[rdiff-backup-users] Re: what can I do if all goes wrong?

[Troels Arvin]

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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:29:02 +0100, Farkas Levente wrote:

>> Did it happen at the same time?  Any clues as to what happened?
> 
> yes in this weekend

I've also got trouble after backing up during this week-end. I'm thinking
that it might somehow have to do with the shift from summer-time to
winter-time?

My problems started like this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 246, 
in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 219, 
in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 259, 
in Backup
    Time.setprevtime(prevtime)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Time.py", line 51, 
in setprevtime
    assert 0 < timeinseconds < curtime, \
AssertionError: Time 1067131460 is out of bounds
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in
<bound method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file
'/home/backup/HOSTNAME/rdiff-backup-data/error_log.2003-10-26T02:21:43+02:00.data.gz',
mode 'wb' at 0x82c7a20 0x82c79ac>> ignored

 File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 246, in 
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 217, in 
take_action
    connection.PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 331, 
in Server
    self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 293, 
in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 216, 
in _get
    raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem "
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string (problem 
probably originated remotely)

Next day:
--------

Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now.
Fatal Error: No metadata for time Sun Oct 26 02:21:43 2003 found, cannot regress

Next day:
--------

Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now.
Fatal Error: No metadata for time Sun Oct 26 02:21:43 2003 found, cannot regress

...

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Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark