[apport] rdiff-backup crashed with AttributeError in isinccompressed()

[Lorenco Trichardt]

Binary package hint: rdiff-backup

08:05:02] Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now.
[08:05:03] Exception 'RPath instance has no attribute 'inc_compressed'' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.AttributeError'>':
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in error_check_Main
[08:05:03] try: Main(arglist)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in Main
[08:05:03] take_action(rps)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, in take_action
[08:05:03] elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 328, in Backup
[08:05:03] backup_final_init(rpout)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 425, in backup_final_init
[08:05:03] checkdest_if_necessary(rpout)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 824, in checkdest_if_necessary
[08:05:03] dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 69, in Regress
[08:05:03] regress_rbdir(manager)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 124, in regress_rbdir
[08:05:03] if has_meta_diff and not has_meta_snap: recreate_meta(meta_manager)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 145, in recreate_meta
[08:05:03] writer = metadata.MetadataFile(temprp, 'w', check_path = 0)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/metadata.py", line 378, in __init__
[08:05:03] if compress and not rp_base.isinccompressed():
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1087, in isinccompressed
[08:05:03] return self.inc_compressed
[08:05:03]
[08:05:03] Traceback (most recent call last):
[08:05:03] File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in <module>
[08:05:03] rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 295, in error_check_Main
[08:05:03] try: Main(arglist)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 315, in Main
[08:05:03] take_action(rps)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 271, in take_action
[08:05:03] elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 328, in Backup
[08:05:03] backup_final_init(rpout)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 425, in backup_final_init
[08:05:03] checkdest_if_necessary(rpout)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 824, in checkdest_if_necessary
[08:05:03] dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 69, in Regress
[08:05:03] regress_rbdir(manager)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 124, in regress_rbdir
[08:05:03] if has_meta_diff and not has_meta_snap: recreate_meta(meta_manager)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 145, in recreate_meta
[08:05:03] writer = metadata.MetadataFile(temprp, 'w', check_path = 0)
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/metadata.py", line 378, in __init__
[08:05:03] if compress and not rp_base.isinccompressed():
[08:05:03] File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 1087, in isinccompressed
[08:05:03] return self.inc_compressed
[08:05:03] AttributeError: RPath instance has no attribute 'inc_compressed'

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 26 08:05:03 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/rdiff-backup
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: rdiff-backup 1.1.5-3build1
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/rdiff-backup /usr/local /media/backup/feisty_usrlocal
ProcCwd: /root
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/sh
 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
 LANG=en_ZA.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/rdiff-backup', '/usr/local', '/media/backup/feisty_usrlocal']
SourcePackage: rdiff-backup
Uname: Linux ibmtux 2.6.20-12-generic #2 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:55:46 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks for your bug report.

[Andrew Ferguson (adferguson)]

Fixed upstream in CVS on July 10, 2007. Will be parth of rdiff-backup 1.1.12 and subsequent releases.

[Philipp Kern (pkern)]

Based on the last comment (i.e. problem fixed in >1.1.12) I closed this with Fix Released as 1.1.14 is shipped with Gutsy.