On Sat, 19 Dec 2009, Holger Parplies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2009-12-18 15:36:48 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
> Unexpected call?BackupPC::Xfer::RsyncFileIO->unlink(...)]:
> > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 13:11:37 -0500 on Monday, November 2,
> > 2009:
> > > Unexpected call
> > BackupPC::Xfer::RsyncFileIO->unlink(cygwin/usr/share/man/man3/addnwstr.3x.gz)
> > >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > Note from the below quoted thread from 2005, Craig claims that the error
> > is
> > > benign, but doesn't explain how/why.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > I am curious about what could be causing this situation [...]
>
> if you're curious about what is causing a benign warning message, you're
> probably on your own for the most part. I can supply you with one casual
> observation and one tip:
>
> I think I saw that warning when I changed from tar to rsync XferMethod. As you
> know, tar and rsync encode the file type "plain file" differently in attrib
> files (rsync has a bit for it, tar (like stat()) doesn't and simply takes the
> absense of a bit for a special file type to mean "plain file"). When rsync
> compares remote and local file type (remote from remote rsync instance, local
> from attrib file generated by tar XferMethod), it assumes a plain file changed
> its type, so it removes the local copy [...]
I get it whenever any file gets replaced by a symlink courtesy of some
debian update (or vice versa - when a symlink gets replaced by a real
file?).
--
TimC
Beware of bugs in the above program. I proved it correct,
I did not try it. --- D. E. Knuth
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