On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2009-12-18 15:36:48 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Unexpected call?BackupPC::Xfer::RsyncFileIO->unlink(...)]: > > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 13:11:37 -0500 on Monday, November 2, > > 2009: > > > Unexpected call > > BackupPC::Xfer::RsyncFileIO->unlink(cygwin/usr/share/man/man3/addnwstr.3x.gz) > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > Note from the below quoted thread from 2005, Craig claims that the error > > is > > > benign, but doesn't explain how/why. > > > > [...] > > > > I am curious about what could be causing this situation [...] > > if you're curious about what is causing a benign warning message, you're > probably on your own for the most part. I can supply you with one casual > observation and one tip: > > I think I saw that warning when I changed from tar to rsync XferMethod. As you > know, tar and rsync encode the file type "plain file" differently in attrib > files (rsync has a bit for it, tar (like stat()) doesn't and simply takes the > absense of a bit for a special file type to mean "plain file"). When rsync > compares remote and local file type (remote from remote rsync instance, local > from attrib file generated by tar XferMethod), it assumes a plain file changed > its type, so it removes the local copy [...]
I get it whenever any file gets replaced by a symlink courtesy of some debian update (or vice versa - when a symlink gets replaced by a real file?). -- TimC Beware of bugs in the above program. I proved it correct, I did not try it. --- D. E. Knuth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
