Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-21 Thread Craig Barratt
Since there's nothing of interest in the XferLOG file, I'd recommend running BackupPC_dump from the command-line with the -v option. That should copy all log messages to stdout so you should see them in real time. First make sure there are no backups running on HOST (where HOST is kestrel or

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-20 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, Thanks for your reply. On Thu, 20 Sep 2018, Craig Barratt wrote: First, this error message looks like just a bug in the message text: it shouldn't be concatenating those paths: > RmTreeQuietInner: > /mnt/3TLV/backuppc/pc/kestrel/268//var/lib/backuppc/pc/kestrel/268/X > isn't a

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-20 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
First, this error message looks like just a bug in the message text: it shouldn't be concatenating those paths: RmTreeQuietInner: > /mnt/3TLV/backuppc/pc/kestrel/268//var/lib/backuppc/pc/kestrel/268/X > isn't a directory (while removing > /var/lib/backuppc/pc/kestrel/268/X/f.cache) Back

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-19 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2018-09-19 03:52, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: Hello again all, On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, Michael Stowe wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, G.W. Haywood wrote: I suspect that this is a fault in BackupPC_backupDelete ... RmTreeQuietInner seems to be seeing some sort of bowdlerization ...

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-19 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hello again all, On Tue, 18 Sep 2018, Michael Stowe wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, G.W. Haywood wrote: I suspect that this is a fault in BackupPC_backupDelete ... RmTreeQuietInner seems to be seeing some sort of bowdlerization ... RmTreeQuietInner:

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-17 Thread Guillermo Rozas
> > >>> ... BackupPC appears to think that it has now used 5TB of a 3TB > >>> disc and the claimed usage is growing. ... > > ... and growing. It's now claiming 8.5TB used by the pool. Pretty > soon the claimed pool usage will exceed the total storage used by all > the hosts that are being backed

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-17 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2018-09-17 12:15, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: Hello again all, [Replying to myself here to try to get the thread back on topic.] Thank you! On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, G.W. Haywood wrote: ... I suspect that this is a fault in BackupPC_backupDelete ...

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-17 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hello again all, [Replying to myself here to try to get the thread back on topic.] On Mon, 17 Sep 2018, G.W. Haywood wrote: ... I suspect that this is a fault in BackupPC_backupDelete ... 8<-- BackupPC_backupDelete debug

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-16 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2018-09-16 11:59, Mike Hughes wrote: Michael, Condescending and belittling treatment of others in this list is not the norm. Your personal attacks are unwarranted and unhelpful. I certainly didn't mean anything that way, and let me apologize should anybody have taken anything that way.

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-16 Thread Mike Hughes
General list for user discussion, questions and support Cc: G.W. Haywood Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop. On 2018-09-16 05:27, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: > Once again, thank you for your input. Do consider some restraint. That's fair

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-14 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2018-09-14 04:37, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: Hi there, About a month ago I made the elementary mistake of upgrading my backup server from Debian Jessie to Debian Stretch. Just about everything broke. The biggest concern was the backups themselves. The upgrade changed

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.2.1 apparently in an infinite loop.

2018-09-14 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, About a month ago I made the elementary mistake of upgrading my backup server from Debian Jessie to Debian Stretch. Just about everything broke. The biggest concern was the backups themselves. The upgrade changed BackupPC from version 3.3.0, which seemed to have been working fine