Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Rdiff backup exception error

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Feb 17, 2009, at 3:28 PM, tkeene wrote:
> Sending back exception&nbsp; of type <type  
> 'exceptions.AssertionError'>&#58;
> &nbsp; File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/ 
> connection.py", line 335, in answer_request
> &nbsp; &nbsp; result =  
> apply&#40;eval&#40;request.function_string&#41;, argument_list&#41;
> &nbsp; File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/ 
> fs_abilities.py", line 920, in backup_set_globals
> &nbsp; &nbsp; dest_fsa =  
> FSAbilities 
> &#40;'destination'&#41;.init_readwrite&#40;Globals.rbdir&#41;
> &nbsp; File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/ 
> fs_abilities.py", line 167, in init_readwrite
> &nbsp; &nbsp; self.set_symlink_perms&#40;subdir&#41;
> &nbsp; File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/ 
> fs_abilities.py", line 545, in set_symlink_perms
> &nbsp; &nbsp; sym_dest.symlink&#40;"symlinked_file1"&#41;
> &nbsp; File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/rdiff_backup/ 
> rpath.py", line 1004, in symlink
> &nbsp; &nbsp; assert self.issym&#40;&#41;


Tommy,

This is the crux of your problem. The ext2fs driver you are using does  
not have proper (any?) support for symbolic links.


Andrew