Package: duplicity
Version: 0.6.18-3
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream

The "verify" command of duplicity does not check file contents, it only
compares modification time and size of files and directories.

For example, if one issues the following commands, 
    mkdir /tmp/src
    echo hello > /tmp/src/a
    touch -r /tmp/src/a /tmp/refdate
    duplicity full   --no-encryption /tmp/src file:///tmp/dst
    echo world > /tmp/src/a
    touch -r /tmp/refdate /tmp/src/a
    duplicity verify --no-encryption file:///tmp/dst /tmp/src
then the last verify does not report any difference, although /tmp/src/a HAS 
changed.

In other words, one cannot rely on duplicity to check that the data on disk
are identical to those backed up.

Best regards,
        g



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.2
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages duplicity depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.13-38
ii  librsync1              0.9.7-9
ii  python                 2.7.3-4+deb7u1
ii  python-gnupginterface  0.3.2-9.1

Versions of packages duplicity recommends:
pn  python-paramiko  <none>
ii  rsync            3.0.9-4

Versions of packages duplicity suggests:
ii  lftp               4.3.6-1+deb7u2
pn  ncftp              <none>
pn  python-boto        <none>
pn  python-cloudfiles  <none>
pn  python-gdata       <none>
pn  python-pexpect     <none>
pn  tahoe-lafs         <none>

-- no debconf information


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