--- rdiff-backup-0.12.0-orig/rdiff_backup/increment.py	Thu Jun 26 09:27:30 2003
+++ rdiff-backup-0.12.0/rdiff_backup/increment.py	Tue Jul  1 23:11:12 2003
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 """Provides functions and *ITR classes, for writing increment files"""
 
-import Globals, Time, rpath, Rdiff, log, statistics, robust
+import errno, Globals, Time, rpath, Rdiff, log, statistics, robust
 
 
 def Increment(new, mirror, incpref):
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@
 	"""Make file indicating directory mirrordir has changed"""
 	dirsign = get_inc(incpref, "dir")
 	dirsign.touch()
-	rpath.copy_attribs(mirrordir, dirsign)	
+	try: rpath.copy_attribs(mirrordir, dirsign)
+	except IOError, exc:
+		if exc[0] == 79: pass # reg files cannot support full perms
+		else: raise
 	return dirsign
 
 def get_inc(rp, typestr, time = None):