[rdiff-backup-users] What does this traceback mean - I'm lost!

[Chris G]

I just got this traceback from rdiff-backup, it's not telling me
anything I understand at all.  It's happening since I added
--exclude-device-files to my rdiff-backup command but I can't
guarantee that's the only thing I've done as a lot has changed
recently (new target system, version 1.28 of rdiff-backup, etc.).


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
    rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
304, in
error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
324, in
Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
280, in
take_action
    elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line
343, in
Backup
    backup.Mirror_and_increment(rpin, rpout, incdir)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py",
line 51, in
Mirror_and_increment
    DestS.patch_and_increment(dest_rpath, source_diffiter, inc_rpath)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py",
line 243, in
patch_and_increment
    ITR(diff.index, diff)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py",
line 284,
in __call__
    branch.start_process(*args)
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/rdiff_backup/backup.py",
line 718, in
start_process
    ("Either %s or %s must be a directory" % (repr(diff_rorp.path),
AttributeError: RORPath instance has no attribute 'path'
run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/backup exited with return code 1

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Chris Green