Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Daylight Saving Time problem?

[Randall Nortman]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 10:15:38AM -0700, Ben Escoto wrote:
> >>>>> Randall Nortman <address@hidden>
> >>>>> wrote the following on Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:41:34 -0400
> 
> > The latest mirror_metadata (from 1:30) has about the same size as the
> > other mirror_metadata files, and the content looks similar.  I guess
> > that means it's good.
> > 
> > The most recent increments.* file is also from 1:30
> > (increments.2005-04-03T01:30:08-05:00.dir), and is 0 bytes (like all
> > the other increments.* files).  The increments/ directory itself
> > also has some 1:30 files, but the directories inside it have a 1:45
> > timestamp, so it looks like rdiff-backup had already touched some
> > stuff before it created the metadata files, or else deleted the
> > metadata files for some reason.  Is this bad?
> 
> Not necessarily, maybe the metadata file didn't get flushed before the
> backed failed.  rdiff-backup regresses from the most recent
> current_mirror to the older one.  It seems you have a good 1:30
> backup, and then an aborted 1:45 one.  So I would try putting the
> current mirror files at 1:45 and 1:30, and then regressing.


That fixed it.  Backups are proceeding normally now.  Thanks!

So, this was an actual bug in rdiff-backup, right, not just a problem
on my system?

Randall