The trace for creation is as below, and it does look like it's not setting the right stacked-on branch. Mon 2012-02-20 18:26:03 +1100 0.049 bazaar version: 2.6.0dev1 0.049 bzr arguments: [u'init', u'lp:~/launchpad/remove-bsondump2'] 0.051 looking for plugins in /home/mbp/.bazaar/plugins 0.096 looking for plugins in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/plugins 0.097 Plugin name launchpad already loaded 0.100 encoding stdout as sys.stdout encoding 'UTF-8' 0.131 hpss: Built a new medium: SmartSSHClientMedium 0.131 hpss call: 'mkdir', '/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2', '' 0.131 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 0.151 ssh implementation is OpenSSH 6.499 result: ('ok',) 6.502 hpss call: 'BzrDir.open_2.1', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 6.502 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 6.971 result: ('no',) 6.972 hpss call: 'mkdir', '/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2', '' 6.972 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 7.300 result: ('FileExists', '/srv/bazaar.launchpad.net/mirrors/00/08/c7/12') 7.301 hpss call: 'BzrDirFormat.initialize', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 7.301 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 7.651 result: ('ok',) 7.651 hpss call: 'BzrDir.open_2.1', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 7.651 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 7.982 result: ('yes', 'no') 7.982 hpss call: 'BzrDir.get_config_file', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 7.982 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 8.311 result: () 8.312 0 body bytes read 8.312 hpss call: 'BzrDir.find_repositoryV3', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 8.312 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 9.865 result: ('norepository',) 9.867 hpss call: 'BzrDir.open_2.1', '~mbp/launchpad/' 9.867 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 10.408 result: ('yes', 'no') 10.409 hpss call: 'BzrDir.get_config_file', '~mbp/launchpad/' 10.409 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 11.039 result: () 11.040 37 body bytes read 11.040 hpss call: 'BzrDir.find_repositoryV3', '~mbp/launchpad/' 11.040 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 11.681 result: ('norepository',) [15237] 2012-02-20 18:26:15.094 INFO: Using default stacking branch /+branch-id/24637 at bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/ 11.683 hpss call: 'BzrDir.create_repository', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/', 'Bazaar repository format 2a (needs bzr 1.16 or later)\n', 'False' 11.684 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 12.095 result: ('ok', 'yes', 'no', 'yes', 'Bazaar repository format 2a (needs bzr 1.16 or later)\n') 12.097 hpss call: 'BzrDir.open_2.1', '+branch-id/24637/' 12.097 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 12.594 result: ('yes', 'no') 12.594 hpss call: 'BzrDir.open_branchV3', '+branch-id/24637/' 12.594 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 12.933 result: ('branch', 'Bazaar Branch Format 7 (needs bzr 1.6)\n') 12.933 hpss call: 'BzrDir.find_repositoryV3', '+branch-id/24637/' 12.933 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 13.272 result: ('ok', '', 'yes', 'no', 'yes', 'Bazaar repository format 2a (needs bzr 1.16 or later)\n') 13.275 hpss call: 'Branch.get_stacked_on_url', '+branch-id/24637/' 13.276 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 13.615 result: ('NotStacked',) 13.616 hpss call: 'BzrDir.create_branch', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/', 'Bazaar Branch Format 7 (needs bzr 1.6)\n' 13.616 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 14.065 result: ('ok', 'Bazaar Branch Format 7 (needs bzr 1.6)\n', '', 'yes', 'no', 'yes', 'Bazaar repository format 2a (needs bzr 1.16 or later)\n') 14.066 hpss call: 'Repository.make_working_trees', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 14.066 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 14.398 result: ('UnknownMethod', 'Repository.make_working_trees') 14.399 hpss call: 'get', '/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/.bzr/branch-format' 14.399 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 14.729 result: ('ok',) 14.729 35 body bytes read 14.730 hpss call: 'stat', '/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/.bzr' 14.730 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 15.060 result: ('stat', '4096', '040755') 15.061 hpss call: 'get', '/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/.bzr/repository/format' 15.061 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 15.390 result: ('ok',) 15.390 54 body bytes read 15.391 hpss call: 'stat', '/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/.bzr/repository' 15.391 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 15.724 result: ('stat', '4096', '040755') 15.726 hpss call: 'get', '/+branch-id/24637/.bzr/branch-format' 15.726 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 16.151 result: ('ok',) 16.151 35 body bytes read 16.152 hpss call: 'stat', '/+branch-id/24637/.bzr' 16.152 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 16.480 result: ('stat', '4096', '040755') 16.481 hpss call: 'get', '/+branch-id/24637/.bzr/repository/format' 16.481 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 16.812 result: ('ok',) 16.812 54 body bytes read 16.813 hpss call: 'stat', '/+branch-id/24637/.bzr/repository' 16.813 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 17.142 result: ('stat', '4096', '040755') 17.144 hpss call: 'has', '/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/.bzr/repository/no-working-trees' 17.144 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 17.473 result: ('no',) 17.474 hpss call: 'Repository.is_shared', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 17.474 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 17.807 result: ('no',) 17.824 hpss call: 'Repository.is_shared', '~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/' 17.824 (to bzr+ssh://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mbp/launchpad/remove-bsondump2/) 18.159 result: ('no',) 18.160 Transferred: 6kB (0.4kB/s r:3kB w:3kB) 18.160 return code 0 [15237] 2012-02-20 18:26:21.572 INFO: HPSS calls: 28 (11 vfs) SmartSSHClientMedium(bzr+ssh://