I'm not sure why we need it in the first place, but I'll look into fixing it first.
A warning would be wise for now. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 7:37 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > currently --no-compression is broken. since 2 years or so.. it's > workaroundable as described below, but what do you think? > > should we disable the option for now, raising an error that it is broken > or such? > seems to be an easy fix, i'd look at it, but currently i've got the cough > plus butt loads of work. > > ..ede > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Duplicity-talk] Backup not restorable with no compression? > Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:03:09 +0100 > From: Knut Krause <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Discussion of the backup program duplicity < > [email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > OK, I'd have to dig into that. Maybe I will. Until then it would be at > least > great if the option is disabled. This is just 1 minute work for the devs > and > it would prevent duplicity from creating a backup it cannot restore any > more. > > Knut > > Am Montag, 27. Januar 2014, 17:39:18 schrieb [email protected]: > > good to know! maybe some warm heart comes around and does just that. the > > reason that no compression isn't fixed is simply - no one cares enough > for > > this option, obviously. > > > > speaking of "you guys should". how about you dig in and supply a patch? > > python is not brain surgery ;) > > > > the lesson for you should be. don't trust, verify! while duplicity is > quite > > robust, it still has nooks and corners. just now, 0.6.23 fixed a bug that > > resulted in data loss when a backup was resumed. > > > > all this can be easily circumvented by periodically verifying your > backups. > > > > ..ede/duply.net > > > > On 27.01.2014 16:06, Knut Krause wrote: > > > Just for your information: renaming the *.difftar files to *.difftar.gz > > > seems to result in a working restore again. > > > > > > You guys should really either remove or FIX the --no-compression option > > > though. This is behaviour is not acceptable for backup software. > > > > > > > > > Knut > > > > > > Am Montag, 27. Januar 2014, 15:21:14 schrieb Knut Krause: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I created a backup using --no-compression. The filenames are > > >> duplicity-inc.20140113T152430Z.to.20140123T112751Z.vol8.difftar > > >> without the .gz ending. > > >> > > >> file on the other hand says: > > >> duplicity-inc.20140113T152430Z.to.20140123T112751Z.vol9.difftar: > > >> gzip compressed data, last modified: Thu Jan 23 13:16:42 2014, max > > >> compression > > >> > > >> Now I found > > >> > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/duplicity-talk/2013-03/msg00001.html > > >> and > > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/1029516 > > >> which suggests that this option is buggy since 2012. > > >> > > >> Any suggestions how to fix this? Can I just rename the files to *.gz > or > > >> will this break the signature stuff? > > >> > > >> > > >> Knut > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Duplicity-talk mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/duplicity-talk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Duplicity-talk mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/duplicity-talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Duplicity-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/duplicity-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > Duplicity-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/duplicity-talk > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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