>>>>> Chinook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> wrote the following on Sat, 17 Sep 2005 23:38:49 -0400
> I would like to checkout rdiff-backup usage on Mac OS X (10.4.2) > > 1) Are there any other such users out there? Well not me but I think there are some :) > 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? For EAs, rdiff-backup looks for the "xattr" module, as provided by the pyxattr package. For ACL support, rdiff-backup looks for the "posix1e" package, as provided by the pylibacl package. There are links to these packages on the homepage. I have no idea whether Mac OS X supports ACLs or user EAs at all, and if it does, whether the pyxattr and pylibacl packages are Mac OS X compatible. If you have questions specifically about these modules though, you may want to ask the modules' author or mailing list. -- Ben Escoto
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