backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org wrote at about 21:08:33 -0400 on Thursday, October 
31, 2013:
 > From: Rob Sheldon <rob@as...> -      2013-11-01 00:13
 > > Just ran into the bug described back in 2011 by Jeffrey 
 > > (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20017.43110.617411.92113%40consult.pretender&forum_name=backuppc-users).
 > >  
 > > I had to reinstall BackupPC after an OS upgrade broke it (*sigh*)
 > > and my quick glance at the situation matches Jeff's.
 > 
 > Has the simple bug code fix that I suggested back in 2011 ever been
 > implemented?

To answer my own question, no it hasn't -- at least as of
BackupPC-3.3.0
Hello Craig?

Here is the diff...

--- BackupPC_dump.orig  2013-10-31 21:51:57.269388705 -0400
+++ BackupPC_dump.new   2013-10-31 21:52:30.291387541 -0400
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@
     # only keep this backup if it has more files than the previous
     # partial.
     #
-    if ( $type eq "full" ) {
+    if ( $type eq "full" && defined($xfer)) {
        if ( $nFilesTotal == 0 && $xfer->getStats->{fileCnt} == 0 ) {
            #
            # Xfer didn't report any files, but check in the new

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