[rdiff-backup-users] Python traceback help

[Chris Pearson]

Hi,

Whilst I am vaguely clued up, I'm not a python person, so I find it
pretty tricky debugging errors from a python script.  I'm attempting to
backup an entire machine using rdiff-backup (excluding /dev, /proc, /sys,
etc).  I'm using Debian's rdiff-backup package v0.13.4-5 and Debian's
python package v2.3.5-2

Would anoyone be able to shed some light on this please, or at least
point me in the direction of fixing/avoiding it?
I get a few copies of the UpdateError, but I guess that's normal(?)

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UpdateError var/log/ntpstats/peerstats Updated mirror temp file 
/backup/sylvester/backup/var/log/ntpstats/rdiff-backup.tmp.131601 does not 
match source
Traceback (most recent call last):
  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 260, in 
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 230, in 
take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 282, in 
Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 38, in 
Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 216, in 
patch
    ITR(diff.index, diff)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 279, 
in __call__
    last_branch.fast_process(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 474, in 
fast_process
    if self.patch_to_temp(rp, diff_rorp, tf):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 488, in 
patch_to_temp
    Hardlink.link_rp(diff_rorp, new, self.basis_root_rp)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Hardlink.py", line 116, 
in link_rp
    dest_rpath.hardlink(dest_link_rpath.path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 799, in 
hardlink
    self.conn.os.link(linkpath, self.path)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in 
/usr/lib/python2.3/gzip.py:129: FutureWarning: hex()/oct() of negative int will 
return a signed string in Python 2.4 and up
  return '<gzip ' + s[1:-1] + ' ' + hex(id(self)) + '>'
<bound method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file 
'/backup/sylvester/backup/rdiff-backup-data/file_statistics.2005-10-17T18:06:24+01:00.data.gz',
 mode 'wb' at 0xb7b8af60 0xb7ae198c>> ignored
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in <bound 
method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file 
'/backup/sylvester/backup/rdiff-backup-data/error_log.2005-10-17T18:06:24+01:00.data.gz',
 mode 'wb' at 0xb7d9f860 0xb7adf60c>> ignored
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in  ignored
Traceback (most recent call last):
  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 259, in 
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 227, in 
take_action
    connection.PipeConnection(sys.stdin, sys.stdout).Server()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 352, 
in Server
address@hidden:/backup/sylvester
#     self.get_response(-1)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 314, 
in get_response
    try: req_num, object = self._get()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 230, 
in _get
    raise ConnectionReadError("Truncated header string (problem "
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string (problem 
probably originated remotely)
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Any pointers on where to look or how to fix it would be really
appreciated.  Thanks!

Cheers,
Chris