Re: [rdiff-backup-users] doesn't want to backup?

[Ben Escoto]

>>>>> Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <address@hidden>
>>>>> wrote the following on Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:04:34 +0200
> Linux 2.4.26, glibc 2.3.4 cvs, xfs filesystem at source and target
> 
> address@hidden home]# ls  /home/services/rdiff-backup/thor/home/
> ls: /home/services/rdiff-backup/thor/home/: Nie ma takiego pliku ani katalogu
> address@hidden home]# /usr/bin/rdiff-backup  /home/     
> /home/services/rdiff-backup/thor/home/
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   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 259, in 
> Main
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 229, in 
> take_action
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 268, in 
> Backup
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 314, in 
> backup_check_dirs
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 347, in 
> backup_warn_if_infinite_regress
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'select_source'
> address@hidden home]# ls -l  /home/services/rdiff-backup/thor/home/
> razem 0
> address@hidden home]# rpm -q rdiff-backup
> rdiff-backup-0.13.4-1
> address@hidden home]# rpm -q python
> python-2.2.3-2
> 
> same happens with 0.12 line of rdiff-backup.
> 
> Any ideas or patches to fix this issue?

The problem is with the backup_warn_if_infinite_regress.  rdiff-backup
sees that you are trying to backup a directory into itself and wants
to warn you.  But there was a bug in this code.  Try these patches for 0.13.4:

http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/backup.py.diff?r1=1.26&r2=1.27&diff_format=u

http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/Main.py.diff?r1=1.73&r2=1.74&diff_format=u


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Ben Escoto

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