Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: rsnapshot
When rsnapshot calls rsync to backup user directories, an I/O error is
encountered because the .gvfs directory is not readable by root. As a result
rsync skips deleting of files as it is supposed to, and the result is a backup
with deleted files lying around.
I added ".gvfs" to the list of excluded files in rsnapshot for this to
work correctly. But this might be needed as a default setting, since it
affects any GNOME user. One problem with this is that there needs to be
a list of such files with a known special behaviour. Setting "--ignore-
errors" in the rsync arguments is also a possibility, but that would be
overkill, and might lose files in case of I/O errors when file deletion
should indeed have been skipped.
I am running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.
** Affects: rsnapshot (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
Binary package hint: rsnapshot
When rsnapshot calls rsync to backup user directories, an I/O error is
encountered because the .gvfs directory is not readable by root. As a result
rsync skips deleting of files as it is supposed to, and the result is a backup
with deleted files lying around.
I added ".gvfs" to the list of excluded files in rsnapshot for this to
work correctly. But this might be needed as a default setting, since it
affects any GNOME user. One problem with this is that there needs to be
a list of such files with a known special behaviour. Setting "--ignore-
errors" in the rsync arguments is also a possibility, but that would be
overkill, and might lose files in case of I/O errors when file deletion
should indeed have been skipped.
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+ I am running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.
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the .gvfs directory in a user's home directory causes rsnapshot to take an
incorrect backup
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247777
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