Running the following command:
/usr/bin/python /usr/bin/duplicity collection-status --exclude=/mnt/jabba/juergh/backup/gollum --include=/home/juergh/.cache/deja-dup/metadata --exclude=/home/juergh/.uk-pkg --exclude=/home/juergh/Music --exclude=/home/juergh/debug --exclude=/home/juergh/canonical/cve-matrix/cve-matrix/cve-tracker --exclude=/home/juergh/canonical/cve-matrix/cve-autotriage --exclude=/home/juergh/Desktop --exclude=/home/juergh/.cache --exclude=/home/juergh/tmp --exclude=/home/juergh/git --exclude=/home/juergh/Downloads --exclude=/home/juergh/.local/share/Trash --exclude=/home/juergh/.cache/deja-dup/tmp --exclude=/home/juergh/.thumbnails --exclude=/home/juergh/.cache/deja-dup --exclude=/home/juergh/.cache --include=/home/juergh --exclude=/sys --exclude=/run --exclude=/proc --exclude=/var/tmp --exclude=/tmp --exclude=** --gio file:///mnt/jabba/juergh/backup/gollum --no-encryption --verbosity=9 --gpg-options=--no-use-agent --archive-dir=/home/juergh/.cache/deja-dup --tempdir=/home/juergh/.cache/deja-dup/tmp --log-fd=19
results in:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1546, in <module>
with_tempdir(main)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1540, in with_tempdir
fn()
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1391, in main
do_backup(action)
File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1416, in do_backup
globals.archive_dir).set_values()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 710, in set_values
self.get_backup_chains(partials + backend_filename_list)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 836, in get_backup_chains
add_to_sets(f)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 824, in add_to_sets
if set.add_filename(filename):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 101, in add_filename
self.set_manifest(filename)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 148, in set_manifest
self.set_files_changed()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 128, in set_files_changed
mf = self.get_manifest()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 250, in get_manifest
return self.get_local_manifest()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/collections.py", line 224, in get_local_manifest
return manifest.Manifest().from_string(manifest_buffer)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/manifest.py", line 215, in from_string
vi = VolumeInfo().from_string(match.group(1))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/duplicity/manifest.py", line 383, in from_string
linelist = s.strip().split("\n")
MemoryError
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: duplicity 0.7.12-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-12.13-generic 4.13.3
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Tue Oct 10 08:05:45 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-25 (137 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
SourcePackage: duplicity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Workaround is to purge the cache ~/.cache/deja-dup.