[rdiff-backup-users] Using --compare-at-time?

[Andrew Parker]

Hi,

Using --compare or --compare-at-time causes a fatal error regarding
mirror metadata.  Am I doing something wrong?  The time specified with
--compare-at-time makes no difference.  Thanks for your help.

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$ rdiff-backup --version
rdiff-backup 0.13.4
$ rdiff-backup -l /var/local/backups/foo
Warning: ownership cannot be changed on filesystem at 
/var/local/backups/foo/rdiff-backup-data
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for archive (read/write) file system:
  Characters needing quoting                   ''
  Ownership changing                           Off
  Hard linking                                 On
  fsync() directories                          On
  Directory inc permissions                    On
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Found 24 increments:
    increments.2004-08-11T12:17:10-07:00.dir   Wed Aug 11 12:17:10 2004
    increments.2004-08-11T13:29:50-07:00.dir   Wed Aug 11 13:29:50 2004
    <...omitted...>
    increments.2004-09-02T04:00:01-07:00.dir   Thu Sep  2 04:00:01 2004
    increments.2004-09-03T09:04:41-07:00.dir   Fri Sep  3 09:04:41 2004
Current mirror: Fri Sep  3 09:51:14 2004
$ rdiff-backup --compare-at-time now /home/foo/ /var/local/backups/foo/
Warning: ownership cannot be changed on filesystem at 
/var/local/backups/foo/rdiff-backup-data
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for archive (read/write) file system:
  Characters needing quoting                   ''
  Ownership changing                           Off
  Hard linking                                 On
  fsync() directories                          On
  Directory inc permissions                    On
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Warning, metadata file not found.
Metadata will be read from filesystem.
Fatal Error: Mirror metadata not found