[rdiff-backup-users] "AF_UNIX path too long" error

[Alan]

Heya folks.  I've been getting the error below for a few days now.  I'm
not sure what it's been caused by... 

Both machines are running debian unstable, up to date, with rdiff-backup
version 0.10.1-3.  

The command that's being given to do the backup is:

rdiff-backup --print-statistics $INCLUDES --exclude / / 
address@hidden::/home/user/backupdir

Where INCLUDES is my list of directories to backup.


Error follows:
-----------------------
Last backup dated Mon Jun  9 03:12:32 2003 was aborted, but we aren't resuming 
it.
Exception 'AF_UNIX path too long' raised of class 'socket.error':
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py",
 line 302, in patch_increment_and_finalize
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py",
 line 288, in __call__
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py",
 line 247, in process_w_branch
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 254, in check_common_error
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
 line 171, in start_process
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
 line 243, in init_non_dir
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 84, in execute

Writing intermediate hard link data to disk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 229, in Main
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 205, in take_action
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 262, in Backup
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py",
 line 76, in Mirror_and_increment
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py",
 line 308, in patch_increment_and_finalize
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py",
 line 302, in patch_increment_and_finalize
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py",
 line 288, in __call__
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py",
 line 247, in process_w_branch
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 254, in check_common_error
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
 line 171, in start_process
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
 line 243, in init_non_dir
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 84, in execute
socket.error: AF_UNIX path too long
Last backup dated Mon Jun  9 03:13:49 2003 was aborted, but we aren't resuming 
it.
Exception 'AF_UNIX path too long' raised of class 'socket.error':
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py",
 line 302, in patch_increment_and_finalize
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py",
 line 288, in __call__
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/lazy.py",
 line 247, in process_w_branch
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 254, in check_common_error
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
 line 171, in start_process
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/increment.py",
 line 243, in init_non_dir
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 84, in execute

------------ Old traceback info -----------
Exception 'AF_UNIX path too long' raised of class 'socket.error':
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 76, in execute
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 105, in init
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py",
 line 199, in init
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py",
 line 78, in copy
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py",
 line 607, in mksock
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py",
 line 212, in make_socket_local
-------------------------------------------
Writing intermediate hard link data to disk
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 229, in Main
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 205, in take_action
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 262, in Backup
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/highlevel.py",
 line 76, in Mirror_and_increment
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
 line 443, in __call__
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
 line 365, in reval
socket.error: AF_UNIX path too long
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 229, in Main
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py",
 line 204, in take_action
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
 line 350, in Server
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
 line 313, in get_response
  File 
"/build/buildd/rdiff-backup-0.10.1/debian/rdiff-backup/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py",
 line 219, in _get
rdiff_backup.connection.ConnectionReadError: Truncated header string (problem 
probably originated remotely)
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Alan <address@hidden> - http://arcterex.net
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