Error messages
Yves Bellefeuille <[email protected]> Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:15:53 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.rdiff-backup.general |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <2001040.Z3FSGYXg4K@debian13> |
Hello,
I'm getting the following error messages when doing a backup. In spite
of the error about "No space left on device", there's plenty of free
space, and also free inodes.
rdiff-backup 2.2.6 on Debian 13. The command line is:
/usr/bin/rdiff-backup backup --exclude /vers-sauvegarde/pagefile.sys --
exclude /vers-sauvegarde/hiberfil.sys --exclude /vers-sauvegarde/
swapfile.sys --exclude /vers-sauvegarde/System\ Volume\ Information --
exclude /vers-sauvegarde/\$Recycle.Bin --exclude /vers-sauvegarde/
Windows/servicing/LCU /vers-sauvegarde /sauvegarde/Windows10
I've used this command line many times in the past with no problem. The
source directory is NTFS; the backup directory is ext4.
- - -
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('rdiff-backup==2.2.6', 'console_scripts',
'rdiff-backup')())
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiffbackup/run.py", line 35, in
main
sys.exit(main_run(sys.argv[1:]))
~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiffbackup/run.py", line 108, in
main_run
ret_val |= conn_act.run()
~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiffbackup/actions/backup.py",
line 154, in run
backup.mirror_and_increment_compat200(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.dir.base_dir, self.repo.base_dir,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
self.repo.incs_dir)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line 53,
in mirror_and_increment_compat200
DestS.patch_and_increment(dest_rpath, source_diffiter, inc_rpath)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
210, in patch_and_increment
ITR(diff.index, diff)
~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line
146, in __call__
last_branch.fast_process_file(*args)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
802, in fast_process_file
if self._patch_to_temp(mirror_rp, diff_rorp, tf):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/backup.py", line
679, in _patch_to_temp
rpath.copy_attribs(diff_rorp, new)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
1682, in copy_attribs
rpout.write_ea(rpin.get_ea())
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
1342, in write_ea
ea_meta.write_to_rp(self)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/rdiffbackup/meta/ea.py", line
114, in write_to_rp
xattr.set(rp.path, name, value, 0, rp.issym())
~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
OSError: [Errno 28] No space left on device
Exception ignored in: <gzip on 0x7fe7410eb460>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/gzip.py", line 372, in close
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/gzip.py", line 137, in write
RuntimeError: lost gzip_file
Exception ignored in: <_io.BufferedWriter>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/gzip.py", line 137, in write
RuntimeError: lost gzip_file
Exception ignored in: <gzip on 0x7fe73fe08160>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/gzip.py", line 372, in close
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/gzip.py", line 137, in write
RuntimeError: lost gzip_file
Exception ignored in: <_io.BufferedWriter>
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.13/gzip.py", line 137, in write
RuntimeError: lost gzip_file
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Yves Bellefeuille <[email protected]>
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