back up failed with unknown failure

[ernst oosterveld]

I use Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon version 3.6.7 64-bit. Deja Dup version is 34.2-0ubuntu1.1. I am not an experienced computerist

This is the failure information that the program reports:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1532, in <module>
    with_tempdir(main)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1526, in with_tempdir
    fn()
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1380, in main
    do_backup(action)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1401, in do_backup
    sync_archive(decrypt)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1139, in sync_archive
    remote_metafiles, ignored, rem_needpass = get_metafiles(remlist)
  File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1029, in get_metafiles
    pr = file_naming.parse(fn)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/file_naming.py", line 398, in parse
    pr = check_full()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/file_naming.py", line 317, in check_full
    t = str2time((m1 or m2).group("time"), short)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/file_naming.py", line 290, in str2time
    t = dup_time.genstrtotime(timestr.upper())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/dup_time.py", line 295, in genstrtotime
    return override_curtime - intstringtoseconds(timestr)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/dup_time.py", line 203, in intstringtoseconds
    error()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/dup_time.py", line 194, in error
    raise TimeException(bad_interval_string % interval_string)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xec in position 15: ordinal not in range(128)

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

That’s a fairly dated version of duplicity being used (and Deja Dup to be fair).

Duplicity has had a rough transition to python3, with various Unicode translation errors like this. I’d say: either update your system of Mint or try the flatpak version of Deja Dup. Are either of those possible?

[ernst oosterveld (eoosterveld)]

Dear Michael Terry,

Thank you for your answer. Can you send me a link to the flatpak of Deja
Dup? And is that flatpak still relevant when I update my Mint version?

Thank you.

Best wishes, Ernst Oosterveld

Op 30-07-2020 om 18:07 schreef Michael Terry:
> That’s a fairly dated version of duplicity being used (and Deja Dup to
> be fair).
>
> Duplicity has had a rough transition to python3, with various Unicode
> translation errors like this. I’d say: either update your system of Mint
> or try the flatpak version of Deja Dup. Are either of those possible?
>
> ** Changed in: deja-dup
> Status: New => Incomplete
>

[Michael Terry (mterry)]

> Can you send me a link to the flatpak of Deja Dup?

https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.DejaDup

> And is that flatpak still relevant when I update my Mint version?

Yeah, the flatpak is a good thing to have installed regardless. Lets you stay up to date with the latest releases. Should work on both Mint versions.

[ernst oosterveld (eoosterveld)]

Thank you very much.

Best wishes,

Ernst Oosterveld

Op 06-08-2020 om 03:41 schreef Michael Terry:
>> Can you send me a link to the flatpak of Deja Dup?
> https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnome.DejaDup
>
>> And is that flatpak still relevant when I update my Mint version?
> Yeah, the flatpak is a good thing to have installed regardless. Lets you
> stay up to date with the latest releases. Should work on both Mint
> versions.
>