cannot change temp dir

[nocturo]

SRU justification :

Duplicity does not honor the TMPDIR, TEMP, TMP or --tempdir redirection as expected.

Impact :

If the available size in /tmp is too small, restore may fail to complete

Fix :

Backport upstream fix applied in 0.6.21 (Merge proposal from the upstream task of this bug)

Test Case :
Note: Incremental backup is necessary so both the full & difftar are required in /tmp which will require more than 50Mb

1) Mount a 50Mb file system under /tmp
~# df -h /tmp
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 48M 794K 45M 2% /tmp

2) Create a 60Mb file to be backed up under /srv called data
dd if=/proc/kcore of=/srv/data bs=1M count=60

3) Do a full backup of /srv into /backup

duplicity full --name test --encrypt-key A6C785C2 --sign-key A6C785C2 --volsize 25 /srv file:///backup/duply

4) Modify the 60Mb file so it can be picked up by the incremental backup
dd if=/proc/kcore of=/srv/data bs=1M count=10 conv=notrunc oflag=append

5) Do an incremental backup
duplicity incr --name 'duply_test' --encrypt-key A6C785C2 --sign-key A6C785C2 --volsize 25 /srv file:///backup/duply

6) Restore the flag using TMPDIR :
TEMPDIR=/mytemp duplicity --name 'duply_test' --encrypt-key A6C785C2 --sign-key A6C785C2 --verbosity '4' --volsize 25 -t now file:///backup/duply /restore

With the patch, the command will succeed.

Regression :

None expected, this code is used in the version currently available in Raring

Description of the problem :

When /tmp is too small, duplicity is sometimes unable to do a restore. Using TMPDIR variable or --tempdir doe not work.

[edso (ed.so)]

sounds like the same issue here
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/duplicity-talk/2012-09/msg00000.html

..ede

[nocturo (nocturo)]

That did it. I'll close this one out.

[Louis Bouchard (louis)]

backport of the 0.6.21 fix

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for the debdiff.

Could you please modify it to add patch headers, including one that links to this bug, and one that includes a link to the upstream commit (http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~duplicity-team/duplicity/0.6-series/revision/860)

Thanks!

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Please subscribe ubuntu-sponsors again once a new debdiff has been attached. Thanks!

[Louis Bouchard (louis)]

Here is the new debdiff with requested modification (patch header)

[Louis Bouchard (louis)]

Any chance of having this debdiff sponsored for upload ?

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for the updated debdiff!

I have uploaded a slightly modified version of it to precise-proposed. I updated the patch header to the appropriate format:
http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/

Thanks!

[Dave Walker (davewalker)]

Hello nocturo, or anyone else affected,

Accepted duplicity into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/duplicity/0.6.18-0ubuntu3.2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Louis Bouchard (louis)]

Tested ok with reproduction steps above.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package duplicity - 0.6.18-0ubuntu3.2

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duplicity (0.6.18-0ubuntu3.2) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/09tmpdirfix.dpatch:
    Allow correct use of TMPDIR (LP: #1005901)
 -- Louis Bouchard <email address hidden> Mon, 08 Jul 2013 16:37:19 +0200