Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Warning, metadata file has entry for ...

[Chris Wilson]

Hi all,

I'm getting very worried by this. I have no backups for the last two 
months, because rdiff-backup keeps crashing with this error every day. My 
only option right now is to blow away a year's history with the 
rdiff-backup-data directory. I don't know Python so I can't diagnose it 
myself. Can anyone help, or tell me what more information I need to 
provide to fix this?

Cheers, Chris.

On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Chris Wilson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> > On the machine where the disk filled up, I'm now getting the following
> > errors every time I run a particular backup:
[...]
> The problem seems to be that the current backup will not complete 
> successfully, so I get the same warnings next time.
>
> The backup aborts with this error:
>
> Warning, metadata file has entry for 
> tmp/home/chris/lex/WEB-INF/classes/com/qwirx/lex/WrongTypeError.class,
> but there are no associated files.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 23, in ?
>    rdiff_backup.Main.Main(sys.argv[1:])
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 285, in Main
>    take_action(rps)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 257, in 
> take_action
>    elif action == "check-destination-dir": CheckDest(rps[0])
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 861, in 
> CheckDest
>    dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 70, in 
> Regress
>    for rf in iterate_meta_rfs(mirror_rp, inc_rpath): ITR(rf.index, rf)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 162, in 
> iterate_meta_rfs
>    for raw_rf, metadata_rorp in collated:
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line 92, in 
> Collate2Iters
>    try: relem1 = riter1.next()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 140, in 
> helper
>    for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf):
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 140, in 
> helper
>    for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf):
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 140, in 
> helper
>    for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf):
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 140, in 
> helper
>    for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf):
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 140, in 
> helper
>    for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf):
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 140, in 
> helper
>    for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf):
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 140, in 
> helper
>    for sub_sub_rf in helper(sub_rf):
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 139, in 
> helper
>    for sub_rf in rf.yield_sub_rfs():
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 546, in 
> yield_sub_rfs
>    yield self.__class__(mirror_rp, inc_rp, inc_list)
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 182, in 
> __init__
>    self.set_regress_inc()
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line 197, in 
> set_regress_inc
>    assert len(newer_incs) <= 1, "Too many recent increments"
> AssertionError: Too many recent increments
>
> The same thing happens when I run --check-destination-dir on the target
> directory.
>
> I don't know Python and I have no idea what's causing this assertion
> failure (although I imagine it's due to corruption in the metadata). Can
> anyone help?
>
> I'd really rather not wipe out the rdiff-backup-data directory and lose
> all my history, since that's why I use rdiff-backup in the first place.
>
> Cheers, Chris.

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