The rsync versions mentioned in the bug are very old and the distro version they came with, long out of support. As such, I'll mark the issue as incomplete until this can be reproduced/confirmed with a recent/supported version. Thanks!
** Changed in: rsync (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsync in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/806880 Title: make_bak_dir mkdir failed: File exists (17) Status in rsync package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I have an rsync-based backup routine. Today I had the following error: $ rsync -F -h -av --backup --delete --delete-excluded --force --backup-dir=/media/2TBBackup/backup/.versions/media/hp320/Skannat#2011-07-07#11:21:33 --exclude=*.o --exclude=*~ --exclude=#* /media/hp320/Skannat /media/2TBBackup/backup/media/hp320 sending incremental file list Skannat/neg004c/im4114-2.tif.xmp Skannat/neg004c/im4115-2.tif.xmp Skannat/neg004c/im4116-2.tif.xmp Skannat/neg004c/im4123-2.tif.xmp Skannat/neg005c/im4044-2.tif.xmp [...] Skannat/neg023/2003bfl-0169-imh235.tif.xmp rsync: make_bak_dir mkdir "/media/2TBBackup/backup/.versions/media/hp320/Skannat#2011-07-07#11:21:33" failed: File exists (17) rsync: keep_backup failed: "/media/2TBBackup/backup/media/hp320/Skannat/neg004c/im4114-2.tif.xmp" -> "/media/2TBBackup/backup/.versions/media/hp320/Skannat#2011-07-07#11:21:33/Skannat/neg004c/im4114-2.tif.xmp": No such file or directory (2) rsync: stat "/media/2TBBackup/backup/.versions/media/hp320/Skannat#2011-07-07#11:21:33/Skannat/neg004c/im4114-2.tif.xmp" failed: No such file or directory (2) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: rsync 3.0.7-2ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-28.50-generic 2.6.35.11 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-28-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Jul 7 11:26:57 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release Candidate amd64 (20100928.1) SourcePackage: rsync To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/806880/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp