[Python-apps-team] Bug#590600: rdiff-backup to an nfs

[Moritz Molle]

Package: rdiff-backup
Version: 1.2.5-1
Severity: normal


In rpath.py, from line 277 on. Function make_file_dict. I tried to backup to a nfs, which failed with an error 
OSError, something to do with fs-capabilities. The error occurred in the return C.make_file_dict(filename) call. I 
commented the whole thing with the C module out, and used the python-version (which is opted for, when os.system == 
'nt'). The thing ran. I asked myself, why the python-stat is not opted for, if the C-stat raises an exception? Why 
fail?

btw. I tried to report this bug via the rdiff-backup website, but didn't find any bugtracker or mail-adress.

Thanks

mo

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.5
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages rdiff-backup depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  librsync1                   0.9.7-5      rsync remote-delta algorithm libra
ii  python                      2.5.2-3      An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support              0.8.4lenny2  automated rebuilding support for P

Versions of packages rdiff-backup recommends:
pn  python-pylibacl               <none>     (no description available)
pn  python-pyxattr                <none>     (no description available)

rdiff-backup suggests no packages.

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