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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