Wait a sec ... the version you are running already has code in it to check this situation. I just ran the same scenario and got an appropriate error message (not a traceback). The permissions on your rdiff-backup-data are not what I expect.
What are the permissions? $ ls -la terabyte/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-data/ -- rdiff-backup crashed with IOError in __init__() https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/329722 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
