*** I posted this on the rdiff-backup list, but the traffic there is
next to nothing, so it being a python package I'm taking a shot at the
pythonmac community :-) ***
Ok, lets take a different shot at this :-)
I would like to checkout rdiff-backup usage on Mac OS X (10.4.2)
1) Are there any other such users out there?
2) I want to use the full functionality but there are two limitations,
namely ACLs and EAs. The various port packages have "librsync" included
as a dependency but do not include pylibacl and pyxattr.
2a) EA support: supposedly with "pyxattr" recognized, but in Mac OS
X the proper module is "xattr" which I have in my pythonmac 2.4.1
installation (/usr/local/) and in the DarwinPorts environment
(/opt/local/). Other than my PATH variable, how do I get rdiff-backup
to recognize "xattr?"
2b) ACL support: supposedly with "pylibacl" recognized, but I can't
find any such thing for Darwin. The "standard" download setup.py checks
for Linux and Free-BSD only and quits. Having looked (with my limited
understanding) at the Carbon "FPGetACL" which pylibacl would, I believe,
have to get down to, I'm not adventurous enough to just add Darwin to
the setup.py. Is there any merit in pursuing this aspect?
Thank you,
Lee C
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