Re: [Duplicity-talk] sftp: "File size can't be validated..." warning

[Thomas Laubrock]

Hi all,

It is all about the verify function which is exactly doing that, it compares the file size.
I migrated it to another place but didn't add any kind of logic but the message that make aware of using a backend that is not allowing the comparison of file size.
This is what I try to point out here. The root problem is not the message, but the logic implemented.

Bye
  Thomas

On 30 March 2024 15:56:20 CET, "edgar.soldin--- via Duplicity-talk" <duplicity-talk@nongnu.org> wrote:

On 30.03.2024 13:17, Thomas Laubrock via Duplicity-talk wrote:
Hi,

I agree, the message is less useful than I expected.
But it is only a symptom. I think the validation step which triggers this message is not the right way to do it. The put method of the backend should be implemented that it doesn't require this validation. Especially as this validation is optional.

and because it is optional, just an additional verification, it should not bother the average user. originally duplicity did not verify sizes afaik.

So my suggestion is not simply remove the message, but rethink what this validation is trying to archive.

sure, but for now i'd vote for stopping unsettling users without an actual need to do so ;)

suny regards ..ede
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