Re: [Duplicity-talk] Upgrade/rollback difficulties

[edgar . soldin]

On 04.11.2014 21:16, Russell Clemings wrote:
> That worked great on the second (python 2.6) server, thanks.
> 
> On the first (python 2.4.3) server I get:
> 
>   File "/usr/local/src/duplicity-0.6.23/duplicity/progress.py", line 128
>     class ProgressTracker():
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> 
> I see a bug report (but no details) that suggests duplicity-0.6.23 won't work 
> with python 2.4: 
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/1264847
> 
> The README still says "Python v2.4 or later."

probably an oversight. sorry, but 2.4 is ancient by now and i see nobody going 
to fix the now deprecated 0.6 line.

> Suggestions?

yes.. simply compile/install a local python 2.6 or later, not 3.. download the 
tar.gz, read the INSTALL. it boils down to

configure --prefix=/usr/local/python-2.x
make install

when it complains about missing dependencies try to find out which package of 
your distro provides them and install, rerun
 
> This is what works for me:
> duplicity 0.6.21
> Python 2.4.3
> boto.Version '1.9b'
> 
> This gives me the error noted above:
> duplicity 0.6.23
> Python 2.4.3
> boto.Version '2.0'
> 

as i wrote.. latest is 0.6.25 and i suggest you use it if you value your data.
alternatively run verify after each backup or at least periodically.

..ede/duply.net