[rdiff-backup-users] Errors with rdiff-backup 1.2.2?

[Kevin Horton]

I installed rdiff-backup 1.2.2 on my Mac, running OS X 10.5.6, and did  
a test backing up the user files on an EeePC 901, with the Mac  
connected to the EeePC over WiFi.  The EeePC /home/user directory was  
seen on the Mac as /Volumes/user.  I noted a number of errors that I  
do not understand.  See the following snippets for examples:

sudo rdiff-backup -v5 --exclude-sockets --carbonfile --print- 
statistics --exclude-globbing-filelist /rdiff-backup_exclude_list / 
Volumes/user /Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user

Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.2
Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at /Volumes/user
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at /Volumes/user
Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs
not supported by filesystem at /Volumes/user
escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /Volumes/user
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Detected abilities for source (read only) file system:
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Windows access control lists                 Off
  Case sensitivity                             Off
  Escape DOS devices                           Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                Off
  Mac OS X Finder information                  On
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Unable to import module xattr.
Extended attributes not supported on filesystem at /Volumes/ 
Seagate_500/EeePC/user/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Unable to import module posix1e from pylibacl package.
POSIX ACLs not supported on filesystem at /Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/ 
user/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
Unable to import win32security module. Windows ACLs
not supported by filesystem at /Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user/rdiff- 
backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem at /Volumes/Seagate_500/ 
EeePC/user/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0
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Detected abilities for destination (read/write) file system:
  Ownership changing                           On
  Hard linking                                 On
  fsync() directories                          On
  Directory inc permissions                    On
  High-bit permissions                         On
  Symlink permissions                          On
  Extended filenames                           On
  Windows reserved filenames                   Off
  Access control lists                         Off
  Extended attributes                          Off
  Windows access control lists                 Off
  Case sensitivity                             Off
  Escape DOS devices                           Off
  Mac OS X style resource forks                On
  Mac OS X Finder information                  On
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Backup: must_escape_dos_devices = 0
Reading globbing filelist /rdiff-backup_exclude_list
Starting mirror /Volumes/user to /Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user

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There were several errors similar to the following:

Exception '[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Volumes/user/.kde/socket- 
asus-1034110973/KJDVN2~Y'' raised of class '<type  
'exceptions.IOError'>':
  File "/sw/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line  
32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line  
1148, in open
    else: return open(self.path, mode)

ListError .kde/socket-asus-1034110973/KJDVN2~Y [Errno 13] Permission  
denied: '/Volumes/user/.kde/socket-asus-1034110973/KJDVN2~Y'
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

There were several errors similar to the following:

Processing changed file YoStore
Exception '[Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Volumes/user/ 
_T84KW~M'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':
  File "/sw/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line  
32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/sw/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line  
1148, in open
    else: return open(self.path, mode)

ListError _T84KW~M [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Volumes/user/ 
_T84KW~M'


A check of the files on the EeePC shows that there is no file of that  
name.  I have no idea why rdiff-backup was trying to back it up.  Any  
ideas:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

There were several errors similar to the following:

Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/util/xcapture
UpdateError apps/citrix/ICAClient/util/xcapture Updated mirror temp  
file /Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user/apps/citrix/ICAClient/util/rdiff- 
backup.tmp.10301 does not match source
Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfcmgr
UpdateError apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfcmgr Updated mirror temp file / 
Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user/apps/citrix/ICAClient/rdiff-backup.tmp. 
10302 does not match source
Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfica
UpdateError apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfica Updated mirror temp file / 
Volumes/Seagate_500/EeePC/user/apps/citrix/ICAClient/rdiff-backup.tmp. 
10303 does not match source
Processing changed file apps/citrix/ICAClient/wfica.sh

A check of the files on the EeePC shows that this directory has the  
files "xcapture" and "Xcapture", i.e. names that differed only by  
case.  Could there be a problem with rdiff-backup's detection of case  
sensitivity?

--------------[ Session statistics ]--------------
StartTime 1229513417.00 (Wed Dec 17 06:30:17 2008)
EndTime 1229522136.16 (Wed Dec 17 08:55:36 2008)
ElapsedTime 8719.16 (2 hours 25 minutes 19.16 seconds)
SourceFiles 53507
SourceFileSize 3157945283 (2.94 GB)
MirrorFiles 1
MirrorFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
NewFiles 53506
NewFileSize 3157945283 (2.94 GB)
DeletedFiles 0
DeletedFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
ChangedFiles 1
ChangedSourceSize 0 (0 bytes)
ChangedMirrorSize 0 (0 bytes)
IncrementFiles 0
IncrementFileSize 0 (0 bytes)
TotalDestinationSizeChange 3157945283 (2.94 GB)
Errors 8
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Notes: the "--carbonfile" in the command line was an artifact of  
copying a command line that I use to backup another Mac to this one.   
It probably wasn't needed here, but I doubt it affected the results.

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Kevin Horton
Ottawa, Canada