please backport 64-bit uid patch to 2.5.2

[greenmoss]

Binary package hint: python2.5

I am using package rdiff-backup from hardy on a 64-bit system. rdiff-backup uses python. The 32-bit UID in python is causing rdiff-backup to die during backup runs. I reported the bug on the rdiff-backup package, and the maintainer said it is fixed in python 2.5.3. Without this fix, I am going to have to find some other way to do my backups. Here's the stack trace from rdiff-backup:

Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in <module>
   rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 302, in error_check_Main
   try: Main(arglist)
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 322, in Main
   take_action(rps)
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 278, in take_action
   elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1])
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 341, in Backup
   backup.Mirror_and_increment(rpin, rpout, incdir)
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 51, in Mirror_and_increment
   DestS.patch_and_increment(dest_rpath, source_diffiter, inc_rpath)
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 243, in patch_and_increment
   ITR(diff.index, diff)
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 281, in __call__
   last_branch.fast_process(*args)
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 689, in fast_process
   if self.patch_to_temp(mirror_rp, diff_rorp, tf):
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 556, in patch_to_temp
   rpath.copy_attribs(diff_rorp, new)
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 176, in copy_attribs
   rpout.chown(*rpout.conn.user_group.map_rpath(rpin))
 File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 903, in chown
   else: os.chown(self.path, uid, gid)
OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers hardy-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'hardy-updates'), (500, 'hardy-security'), (500, 'hardy')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages rdiff-backup depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-10ubuntu3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii librsync1 0.9.7-1build1 Library which implements the rsync
ii python 2.5.2-0ubuntu1 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-support 0.7.5ubuntu1 automated rebuilding support for p

For more information, please see the bug I submitted against rdiff-backup:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rdiff-backup/+bug/245844

[Josef Liška (jl-chl)]

Hello, I had the same problem. Finaly I got this ugly workaround:
- install fuse and fuse-dev
- install bindfs http://code.google.com/p/bindfs/

Mounted directories, which had large uids/gids with bindfs:
bindfs -u root -g root /home /mnt/homefix

backed up from/to /mnt/*fix

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in intrepid

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Hardy has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the Hardy task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".