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bug #14971: rdiff-backup+librsync+pyxattr fails on 2.6.14 kernel

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:06:08 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  None Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Invalid
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Closed
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Fri 16 Dec 2005 03:13:05 AM UTC, comment #5: 

Final comment: this is fixed in kernel 2.6.14.4, and also in Fedora Core's 2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.

Benedict Escoto <bescoto>
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Thu 15 Dec 2005 01:36:51 AM UTC, comment #4: 
Benedict Escoto <bescoto>
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Wed 14 Dec 2005 03:52:55 AM UTC, comment #3: 

This is a Fedora problem, the listxattr() system call doesn't work on special filesystems like /dev, /proc

Benedict Escoto <bescoto>
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Mon 21 Nov 2005 05:02:02 PM UTC, comment #2: 

Nevermind, I was able to reproduce---the problem is with non-ext3 filesystems mounted under your root directory.  I emailed the xattr author about it and will get back to you.

Benedict Escoto <bescoto>
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Sat 19 Nov 2005 03:43:00 AM UTC, comment #1: 

This is probably a pyxattr problem that isn't caused by rdiff-backup.  If you can tell which path is causing the problem, you should be able to trigger it by typing:

import xattr
xattr.listxattr(<path>)

I need to verify whose bug this is.  If the above doesn't work and it should, then you have a pretty good testcase to give to the xattr guy (Iustin Pop).  If it doesn't work and it shouldn't, then maybe rdiff-backup needs to catch this error.

So please figure out which files it isn't working on and whether they should work, and post back.

Benedict Escoto <bescoto>
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Sun 13 Nov 2005 06:06:08 PM UTC, original submission:  

My latest FC4 updgrade to a 2.6.14-pre kernel is triggering rdiff-backup failures.  My backup clients had pyxattr and pylibacl installed.  I get errors from deep inside pyxattr on these systems.  The workaround is to uninstall pyxattr.  See the attached Python traceback.

This issue is reproducable on i686 and ppc hosts running FC4.

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2005-12-15 bescoto StatusNone Invalid
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