[rdiff-backup-users] crashing question

[Wolfe Maykut]

        I've just run rdiff-backup version 0.12.3 and had it crash.
I've included the crash below.  It didn't write any error logs into
the rdiff-backup directory, nor did it write any current_mirror
markers, so it won't run.  

        Two questions:

1) Can you tell why it crashed?

2) How can I do a backup now?

3) I could delete the whole directory (not a big deal as it's a first
time shot), but is this the standard way of dealing with rdiff-backup
when it has a problem?  I'd hate to have dozens of archived versions
of files and then have to blow everything away when it crashes.


        Thanks,

                --Wolfe



Exception '1' raised of class 'rdiff_backup.robust.SignalException':
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 
32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
784, in append
    return self.__class__(self.conn, self.base, self.index + (ext,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
549, in __init__
    else: self.data = self.conn.C.make_file_dict(self.path)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 
84, in signal_handler
    raise SignalException(signum)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 24, in ?
    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 246, 
in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 219, 
in take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 263, 
in Backup
    backup.Mirror(rpin, rpout)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 
36, in Mirror
    DestS.patch(dest_rpath, source_diffiter)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 
196, in patch
    for diff in rorpiter.FillInIter(source_diffiter, dest_rpath):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 
181, in FillInIter
    for rp in rpiter:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 
98, in get_diffs
    for dest_sig in dest_sigiter:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 
158, in get_sigs
    for src_rorp, dest_rorp in cls.CCPP:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 
267, in next
    source_rorp, dest_rorp = self.iter.next()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 
103, in Collate2Iters
    for relem1 in riter1:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 
340, in next
    next_elem = self.iter.next()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/selection.py", line 
132, in Iterate_fast
    try: rpath, val = diryield_stack[-1].next()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/selection.py", line 
120, in diryield
    rpath.append, (filename,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 
32, in check_common_error
    try: return function(*args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
784, in append
    return self.__class__(self.conn, self.base, self.index + (ext,))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 
549, in __init__
    else: self.data = self.conn.C.make_file_dict(self.path)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 
84, in signal_handler
    raise SignalException(signum)
rdiff_backup.robust.SignalException: 1
Exception exceptions.TypeError: "'NoneType' object is not callable" in <bound 
method GzipFile.__del__ of <gzip open file 
'/backups/home/rdiff-backup-data/error_log.2003-08-25T14:06:13-07:00.data.gz', 
mode 'wb' at 0x81499c8 0x81499ac>> ignored