Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Probleme with rdiff on smbfs

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Jan 6, 2009, at 3:33 PM, sphen wrote:
> having the same exact issue here as well - i am going from a case- 
> sensitive filesystem to one that is not.  the first backup went fine  
> with the option:
>
> --override-chars-to-quote ''
>
> but subsequent backups fail.  i have to choose to ignore case  
> because i need a useable mirror on the other system.  any further  
> info on this issue?  i am running python 2.4.3 on the source and  
> 2.5.1 on dest -- both on rdiff-backup 1.2.4


How do the backups fail? Please include your error messages.


Also, it is important that you understand that if you override chars- 
to-quote there is the distinct possibility for dataloss either due to  
filename collisions or the change-case bug:
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?21253


Andrew