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Re: cross-platform backup tool Strange string of messages; rdiff-backup
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EricZolf |
Subject: |
Re: cross-platform backup tool Strange string of messages; rdiff-backup won't run |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Nov 2022 07:18:58 +0000 |
Hi Eric,
I can only guess but from the look of it, you had e.g. an (apt) upgrade
running and your python or rdiff-backup installation was inconsistent, the
import mechanism was broken. I can pretty surely say that it had nothing to do
with rdiff-backup itself.
KR, Eric
On November 19, 2022 12:51:06 AM UTC, Eric Beversluis
<ebever@researchintegration.org> wrote:
>I rebooted the box and now the backup seems to be working OK. Any idea as to
>what these messages might mean would still be appreciated.
>
>On 11/18/22 19:40, Eric Beversluis wrote:
>> I just tried to run rdiff-backup on my Ubuntu 20.04 setup on a Dell XPS 13".
>> The following command has run successfully any number of times in the three
>> months since I got my new box (Dell factory Ubuntu image installed.) Now I
>> get this strange string of messages. What do they mean?
>>
>> eric@eric-XPS-9315:~$ sudo rdiff-backup --exclude "/home/eric/VirtualBox
>> VMs" --include /home/ --include /var/www --include /usr/share/fonts
>> --exclude '**' / /media/eric/021cc172-036d-4b8c-be87-c6298c9f7c4c/XPS-2022-08
>> [sudo] password for eric:
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 19, in <module>
>> import rdiff_backup.Main
>> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 30, in
>> <module>
>> from . import (
>> File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py", line
>> 31, in <module>
>> from . import Globals, connection, rpath
>> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
>> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
>> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
>> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 844, in exec_module
>> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 976, in get_code
>> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 640, in
>> _compile_bytecode
>> ValueError: bad marshal data (unknown type code)
>>