[rdiff-backup-users] OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum

[Brad Beyenhof]

First of all, I really like rdiff-backup. In most cases (all but the
one I'll detail below), it's been great for me.

Searching in the mailing-list archives has led me to believe that
either the operating system version (64- versus 32-bit) or the python
version may be to blame here. The server I'm using as a backup
repository runs 64-bit CentOS 5. I'm using rdiff-backup *from* two
other servers, one with the same OS and one with 32-bit CentOS 4. The
64-bit machines run python 2.4.3, and the 32-bit has python 2.3.4,
which is the highest version in the Cent4 repos.

Backing up from the 64-bit system works fine, and two of the
directories I'm backing up from the 32-bit system are fine as well.
However, one directory reports "OverflowError: signed integer is
greater than maximum" and quits partway through the backup. The
terminal output with the default verbosity is below; I can attach a
log with a higher verbosity if requested.

Any idea what is going on here? Thanks in advance for any assistance
you can provide.

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Exception 'signed integer is greater than maximum' raised of class
'exceptions.OverflowError':
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
304, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
324, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
280, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
346, 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/connection.py",
line 450, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 370, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
304, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
324, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
280, in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
346, 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/connection.py",
line 450, in __call__
    return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
line 370, in reval
    if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum
Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system