[rdiff-backup-users] tupple index out of range error -- how to fix?

[covici]

Hi.  I was trying to remove older than on a remote backup server when I
got the following output:

rdiff-backup --force --verbosity 8 --terminal-verbosity 4
--remove-older-than 45D /mnt/backup/rdiff-backup-data
Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.5
Exception 'tuple index out of range' raised of class '<type
'exceptions.IndexError'>':
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  304, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  324, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  288, in take_action
    elif action == "remove-older-than": RemoveOlderThan(rps[0])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  745, in RemoveOlderThan
    rootrp = require_root_set(rootrp, 0)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  714, in require_root_set
    if not restore_set_root(rp):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  687, in restore_set_root
    assert (from_datadir[1] == "increments" or

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  304, in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  324, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  288, in take_action
    elif action == "remove-older-than": RemoveOlderThan(rps[0])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  745, in RemoveOlderThan
    rootrp = require_root_set(rootrp, 0)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  714, in require_root_set
    if not restore_set_root(rp):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
  687, in restore_set_root
    assert (from_datadir[1] == "increments" or
IndexError: tuple index out of range

This is under Debian Leni and there is plenty of disk space left, so how
to fix this one?

Thanks in advance for any good ideas.

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