[rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup restore from read-only file system

[Chris Connett]

Hello,

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/rdiff-backup-users/2006-01/msg00070.html

I saw a few archived mails that exactly describe the problem I'm
having now, but the problem doesn't seem to have gone away.  There was
talk of fixing it, but 1.0.4 is having trouble restoring or listing
when the backup is mounted read only.  Not sure about the rest of the
list, but I think this is pretty important.  Anyone feel like giving
an update on this, or a reason for this behavior?

Thanks,
--
Chris Connett

P.S. an error traceback just for good measure:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
   rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
285, in Main
   take_action(rps)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
261, in take_action
   elif action == "list-increments": ListIncrements(rps[0])
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
680, in ListIncrements
   rp = require_root_set(rp)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
700, in require_root_set
   single_set_fs_globals(Globals.rbdir)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
722, in single_set_fs_globals
   rbdir, 1, Globals.chars_to_quote)
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 408, in get_fsabilities_readwrite
   return FSAbilities(desc_string).init_readwrite(
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py",
line 145, in init_readwrite
   subdir.mkdir()
 File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
796, in mkdir
   self.conn.os.mkdir(self.path)
OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system:
'/var/backup/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0'