[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup destination on exFAT?

[Ronny Standtke]

Hi all

Is there anybody out there who successfully used an rdiff-backup
destination on an exFAT filesystem?

Whatever I try, it always fails and just produces the following console
output, when running rdiff-backup with the "-v5" switch on the current
Ubuntu release:

Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8
Cannot change permissions on target directory.
Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs
not supported by filesystem at /tmp/source
escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /tmp/source
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
  Access control lists                         On
  Extended attributes                          On
  Windows access control lists                 Off
  Case sensitivity                             On
  Escape DOS devices                           Off
  Escape trailing spaces                       Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  Off
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Exception '' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.AssertionError'>':
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
304, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
324, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
280, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
334, in Backup
    rpout.conn.fs_abilities.backup_set_globals(rpin, force)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 922, in backup_set_globals
    dest_fsa = FSAbilities('destination').init_readwrite(Globals.rbdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 156, in init_readwrite
    self.set_case_sensitive_readwrite(subdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 304, in set_case_sensitive_readwrite
    assert not upper_a.lstat()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
304, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
324, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
280, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
334, in Backup
    rpout.conn.fs_abilities.backup_set_globals(rpin, force)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 922, in backup_set_globals
    dest_fsa = FSAbilities('destination').init_readwrite(Globals.rbdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 156, in init_readwrite
    self.set_case_sensitive_readwrite(subdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 304, in set_case_sensitive_readwrite
    assert not upper_a.lstat()
AssertionError


Does anybody have a solution or hint for this problem?

Thanks

Ronny