Re: [Duplicity-talk] Sometimes reads manifest from backup location even though it's in cache -- why?

[edgar . soldin]

did you try zipping it? else just put it on some filehoster/pastebin 
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On 12.04.2013 19:03, address@hidden wrote:
> I see the same problem with 0.6.21.
> 
> I found that one of my other machines was already running the latest version. 
> It similarly fails when it decides to retrieve the latest manifest from the 
> remote location, although the manifest is in the local cache.
> 
> I tried sending this message this morning with the "-v9" log attached, and it 
> never appeared on the list, so I'm trying again without the attachments. If 
> this gets through I'll try sending the log in a subsequent message.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Cottingham
> 
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> *From: *"edgar soldin" <address@hidden>
> *To: *"Discussion of the backup program duplicity" <address@hidden>
> *Sent: *Monday, April 8, 2013 12:36:40 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Duplicity-talk] Sometimes reads manifest from backup location 
> even though it's in cache -- why?
> 
> looks like you are right. it explicitely states that the metadata is in sync, 
> hence it should use the local copy.
> 
> before anything else. please try the latest release 0.6.21. install it from 
> tarball if your distro does not sport in the repository. directions here 
> http://duply.net/?title=Duply-documentation under section TIP.
> we have had lot's of fixes since your version.
> 
> @Ken: any idea why it still tries to download it?
> 
> ..ede/duply.net
> 
> On 08.04.2013 17:29, address@hidden wrote:
>> Here's the output of "-v9" for one of my backups. It's quite voluminous, so 
>> I've put it in an attachment.
>> 
>> I've also attached a list of the archive dir -- looks to me like the file 
>> it's trying to retrieve is already cached.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Dave Cottingham
>> 
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>> *From: *"edgar soldin" <address@hidden>
>> *To: *"Discussion of the backup program duplicity" <address@hidden>
>> *Sent: *Monday, April 8, 2013 9:05:07 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: [Duplicity-talk] Sometimes reads manifest from backup 
>> location even though it's in cache -- why?
>> 
>> On 08.04.2013 02:58, address@hidden wrote:
>>> I see that duplicity will sometimes decide to retrieve a manifest from the 
>>> remote backup location even though there's a copy in the local cache. Can 
>>> anyone clarify what circumstances cause this to happen, and why?
>>> 
>>> Here's why I care. I am backing up to Amazon S3 and using a lifecycle rule 
>>> to transition everything to Glacier. So, of course, nothing can be 
>>> retrieved without prior manual intervention. I expected this to work since 
>>> the local cache has everything duplicity needs, and in fact this worked 
>>> with nightly backups for over two weeks. But now duplicity fails because it 
>>> is trying to retrieve the last manifest, even though that file is in the 
>>> cache.
>>> 
>> 
>> question is why. do you have an extra verbose '-v9' output for us? obfuscate 
>> private strings in it and post it here.
>> 
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