[rdiff-backup-users] Error in rdiff-backup

[Dick Kniep]

File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 246, in 
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 219, in 
take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 263, in 
Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 36, in 
Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 211, in 
patch
    cls.CCPP.close()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 413, in 
close
    metadata.CloseMetadata()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/metadata.py", line 286, 
in CloseMetadata
    os.fsync(fileno)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fsync'
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in <bound 
method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file 'test-backup/rdiff-backup-data/
file_statistics.2003-11-19T08:56:23+02:00.data.gz', mode 'wb' at 0x40538820 
0x40541d6c>> ignored
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in <bound 
method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file 'test-backup/rdiff-backup-data/
error_log.2003-11-19T08:56:23+02:00.data.gz', mode 'wb' at 0x405384e0 
0x405415ec>> ignored
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in <bound 
method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file 'test-backup/rdiff-backup-data/
mirror_metadata.2003-11-19T08:56:23+02:00.snapshot.gz', mode 'wb' at 
0x405388a0 0x40541e0c>> ignored
Hi there,

We are running Slackware 9.0 on one end and Slackware 9.1 on the other end of 
a VPN connection. 

We have made an unattended rdiff-backup setup which gives me the following 
error when I run it. I have followed the unattended rdiff-backup howto and 
added the ssh.agent and ssh-add commands.

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address@hidden:/tmp# 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 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)
--------

I hope someone can help us...

Kind regards,
D. Kniep
Lindix