Upgrading to the latest rsync-bpc 3.1.3 fixed the problem with specials. And restores all seemed to work last night, until I tried dumps today.
Now all my scheduled backups fail with error message: rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.3.beta0] Also, when I run BackupPC_dump, it hangs at the beginning: Running: /usr/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /var/lib/backuppc --bpc-host-name testmachine --bpc-share-name /usr/local/bin --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 2 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 6 -e /usr/bin/sudo\ -h --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --one-file-system --partial --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum --acls --xattrs --timeout=72000 myhost:/usr/local/bin/ / full backup started for directory /usr/local/bin started full dump, share=/usr/local/bin Xfer PIDs are now 7793 xferPids 7793 This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/bin/rsync_bpc cmdExecOrEval: about to exec /usr/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /var/lib/backuppc --bpc-host-name testmachine --bpc-share-name /usr/local/bin --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 2 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc-log-level 6 -e /usr/bin/sudo\ -h --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --super --recursive --protect-args --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --times --links --hard-links --delete --delete-excluded --one-file-system --partial --log-format=log:\ %o\ %i\ %B\ %8U,%8G\ %9l\ %f%L --stats --checksum --acls --xattrs --timeout=72000 myhost:/usr/local/bin/ / bpc_path_create(/var/lib/backuppc/pc/testmachine/0) bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0 This problem resolves when I downgrade back to rsync-bpc 3.0.9. Googling suggest this might have something to do with internal vs. external zlib.h I tried configuring with --with-included-zlib=yes (default) and =no. But both had the same error. Note that when =yes, in order to compile, I had to change: #include <zlib.h> --> #include "zlib/zlib.h" in token.c (and also changed for consistency in batch.c and options.c) since the symbol Z_INSERT_ONLY was not defined in my /usr/include/zlib.h Any thoughts on what I need to do to make this work? _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/