The result of our email discussion is that the --allow-concurrency option needs to be removed but the locking mechanism stays. A note will be added to the error message to indicate the lockfile that needs to be removed to overturn the locking if it has been left behind from a failed session.
I switched back the upstream status to In Progress to highlight the fact that the solution that was merge is now incomplete. I'm starting to work on a new patsh that should come in shortly ** Changed in: duplicity Status: Fix Committed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1266763 Title: Race condition between status and backup To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/1266763/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs