Hi,
I'm willing to fix anything but it's difficult to pin point the issue
with so little information, so if you'd be able to reproduce the issue
with a dummy repository and some clearer instructions, that would be
most helpful.
KR, Eric
On 02/01/2023 00:56, Robert Nichols wrote:
On 1/1/23 10:55 AM, EricZolf wrote:
Hi Bob,
On 31/12/2022 18:45, Robert Nichols wrote:
OK, you've enhanced the locking of the repository. Lovely. How do I
get rid of a dead lock? The process number mentioned in the error
message does not exist on either the client or the server.
Can you be a bit more precise what your problem exactly is?
1. rdiff-backup should refuse to work only if the PID stored
corresponds to an existing process (it was an enhancement added based
on Patrik's feedback).
2. The .lock file remains even after the first backup with API 201, so
that it can be used to lock the repo even without write access rights
(e.g. for restore/list activities).
3. as last resort, the `--force` flag should ignore any lock (at your
own risk though).
I got a message that another rdiff-backup process with PID xxxx was
running in that archive, coupled with a warning that running two
rdiff-backup processes simultaneously could result in severe corruption
of the archive. rdiff-backup then suggested that running with "--force"
would bypass the restriction, and exited with an error status. As I
said, that PID did not exist on either the client or the server. In
fact, there was no other rdiff-backup process running anywhere on my
network. I looked for a possible ".lock" file and did not find any.
There was an empty "lock.xxx" (I forget what "xxx" was), which I tried
removing, to no avail.
I'm paraphrasing since I don't have the original message, and my
workaround was to rsync the entire archive from a stored copy.
Unfortunately, "--force" is a bit too heavy a hammer to be wielding for
this situation, as it would also override other conditions that I wanted
to respect. I'm locking that server to rdiff-backup-2.0.5 since that
seems to be the last working version for me.
