[PLUG] rdiff-backup issue

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Tue Feb 2 23:14:34 UTC 2010


On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 12:15:15 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> dijo:

>   Er, I deleted the last message on the thread too soon. I just
> noticed,
>John, that you were looking for the setup.py in
>python2.6/site-packages/rdiff-backup. That's the wrong directory.
>Those are the scripts that are installed by setup.py.
>
>   Can you find where the basic, uninstalled rdiff-backup files are
> located?
>If you're installing it from a package I don't know how to resolve the
>issue.

I installed both python and rdiff-backup from the Fedora 11
repositories with Yumex. I don't know if there are "basic, uninstalled
rdiff-backup files."

It does sound logical to me that your suggestion is correct - that is,
there is a compatibility issue between python and rdiff-backup.

In one of the rdiff-backup folders I did find a README file that says:

---------------
INSTALLATION:
Thank you for trying rdiff-backup.  To install, run:
	python setup.py install
The build process can be also be run separately:
	python setup.py build
The default prefix is generally /usr, so files would be put in /usr/bin,
/usr/share/man/, etc.  An alternate prefix can be specified using the
--prefix=<prefix> option.  <snipped>
------------------

The problem is the first line "python setup.py install." In English
"install" is a transitive verb, that is, it requires a direct object
argument. I.e., install *something*. Presumably I should make the
command say "python setup.py install rdiff-backup," but I need to be in
the right directory first. And I can't find the right directory. 

I think I am subscribed to the rdiff-backup mailing list, so I am going
to ask there. Or maybe I'll take it to the Fedora forums instead/also.



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