tags 685352 + upstream forwarded 685352 https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/1039001 thanks
On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:05:14 -0700, Ian Zimmerman writes: >When I give the --exclude-if-present option to duplicity, it tries to >locate that file underneath the symlink, even if >--exclude-other-filesystems is given as well. of course, because in order to determine if the file exists, all symlinks involved in its path need to be followed. the symlinks need to be followed as well to determine if a file/dir is on the same filesystem. the real problem is that duplicity's code in question is pretty silly wrt error codes: a few are white listed (so to speak) and taken as 'no file here, continue' and the rest are simply not handled and crash the program. the white list doesn't contain EACCESS (=13), which is what causes your trouble. workaround: if you don't use --exclude-if-present, then --exclude-other-filesystems works fine with symlinks pointing to stuff on inaccessible other filesystems (i tested this myself). i'll have a look at a more permanent solution, but it won't make it into the wheezy version. regards az -- Alexander Zangerl + GnuPG Keys 0x42BD645D or 0x5B586291 + http://snafu.priv.at/ When I do it, it's development. When you do it, it's coding. When he does it, it's mindless hacking." -- Paul Tomblin
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