I've worked around this by using a bind mount instead of a symlink. Something like 'sudo mount --rbind /run/media/daboross/external/deja- dup-cache ~/.cache/deja-dup' works. While I do have to re-do this every time I mount the external drive and start a backup, it at least works.
If you also do a `chmod 500 ~/.cache/deja-dup` when it's unmounted, deja-dup will be unable to write any files to the unmounted directory and it will fail early - so you can then mount it and re-start the backup. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217959 Title: 'metadata' file not found when creating backup ("Could not restore ‘/home/user /.cache/deja-dup/metadata’: File not found in backup" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/1217959/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
