Re: ERROR: Action test failed on step run

[C O'Donnell]

It is possible this issue was resolved in 2.2.6. The FreeBSD ports tree 
still references 2.2.5.



On 12/29/2023 9:30 AM, C O'Donnell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Eric and team, thank you for picking up the development of rdiff-backup.
>
> I am in the process of upgrading all of our servers to 2.2.5. My 
> backup strategy is remote source and local destination. OS is FreeBSD, 
> Python 3.9, rdiff-backup 2.2.5, on both sides of the connection.
>
>    $ rdiff-backup test host::/
>    WARNING: this command line interface is deprecated and will
>    disappear, start using the new one as described with '--new --help'.
>    Testing server started by:  b'ssh -C host rdiff-backup 
> --terminal-verbosity 3 --server'
>    - Server OK
>
>
> As I understand it, the warning is coming from the server due to 
> '--server'. Setting the API version per the docs:
>
>    $ rdiff-backup--api-version 201  test host::/
>    Testing server started by:  b'ssh -C host rdiff-backup 
> --terminal-verbosity 3 server'
>    - Server tests failed due to ERROR:   Action test failed on step run
>
>
> Test fails. Am I incorrect in my understanding that 2.2.5 has API 201? 
> What am I missing?
>
> Best,
>
> Charles