[rdiff-backup-users] REMOTE doesn't work for me

[rader]

It seems like my install somehow has the REMOTE functionality
disabled.  Can someone explain why "rdiff-backup /src remotehost:/dst"
isn't working??  The verbose output only says "unable to create
directory".  The strace output indicates it's trying to create a
directory named "remotehost:/dst" on the localhost.  (I also tried
adding --remote-schema 'ssh -C %s rdiff-backup --server'.)

steve
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bash$ ssh rhost ls -ld /tmp/save/etc
drwxrwxr-x 2 rader rader 4096 Oct 30 06:48 /tmp/save/etc
bash$ strace -f -o /tmp/out rdiff-backup -v 9 /etc rhost:/tmp/save/etc
Thu Oct 30 06:48:54 2008  Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.1
Thu Oct 30 06:48:54 2008  Making directory rhost:/tmp/save/etc
Thu Oct 30 06:48:54 2008  Fatal Error: Unable to create directory 
rhost:/tmp/save/etc
bash$ egrep 'ssh|rhost:/tmp/save' /tmp/out
25334 execve("/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", ["rdiff-backup", "-v", "9", 
"--remote-schema", "ssh -C %s rdiff-backup --server", "/etc", 
"rhost:/tmp/save/etc"], [/* 50 vars */]) = 0
25334 lstat64("rhost:/tmp/save/etc", 0xbfd1a7ac) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
25334 lstat64("rhost:/tmp/save/etc", 0xbfd1a3ac) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
25334 mkdir("rhost:/tmp/save/etc", 0777) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)