Public bug reported:
While restoring files from a backup, Deja Dup failed with a hash
mismatch for one of the (many) difftar.gz files. It showed an error
message, and when I closed that error message Deja Dup exited. As a
result, Deja Dup abandoned the entire operation, leaving only the files
that had been restored by this point. The application provided no means
for solving the problem. A screenshot of the error message is attached.
At a bare minimum, the error message should try to communicate which
files it can't restore as a result of the error. Telling me which
difftar.gz file is corrupted is as good as giving me a core dump at this
point. In my case, I _did_ get back all the files I wanted, but only by
painstakingly restoring individual subdirectories and keeping a careful
list of which files triggered which errors.
Deja Dup should offer to continue, skipping whatever it needs to skip.
Additionally, it would be nice if the application provided some means
for working around the issue (for example, looking for earlier versions
of the lost files), but that's probably for another bug report.
"Close" should be labelled "Abort" to communicate the fact that it will
drop everything and probably not do what you want to have happen if you
were interested in restoring files from a backup.
** Affects: deja-dup (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "The error message triggered by a single corrupted(?)
backup file"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1079555/+attachment/3435282/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-11-15%2018%3A33%3A37.png
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File restore is completely abandoned due to a single invalid backup
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