[rdiff-backup-users] No space left on device caused by xattr

[Alexandre Martani]

Hi,

I am getting the exception "No space left on device", both when trying
to backup and when doing --check-destination-dir. I am sure there is
free space in the device, but I think this is related to some extended
attributes size limit. I am backing up an NTFS partition to an EXT4
partition.

Any advice on how can I fix my backup?

The traceback is this:

Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class '<type
'exceptions.IOError'>':
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304,
in error_check_Main
    try: Main(arglist)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 324, in Main
    take_action(rps)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 282,
in take_action
    elif action == "check-destination-dir": CheckDest(rps[0])
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 872,
in CheckDest
    dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line
71, in Regress
    for rf in iterate_meta_rfs(mirror_rp, inc_rpath): ITR(rf.index, rf)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/rorpiter.py", line
281, in __call__
    last_branch.fast_process(*args)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line
268, in fast_process
    if rf.metadata_rorp.isreg(): self.restore_orig_regfile(rf)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/regress.py", line
292, in restore_orig_regfile
    rpath.copy_attribs(rf.metadata_rorp, tf)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 181,
in copy_attribs
    if Globals.eas_write: rpout.write_ea(rpin.get_ea())
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line
1347, in write_ea
    ea.write_to_rp(self)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/rdiff_backup/eas_acls.py", line
114, in write_to_rp
    rp.conn.xattr.setxattr(rp.path, name, value, 0, rp.issym())

Thank you,
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Alexandre Martani - amartani em gmail com