Re: [BackupPC-users] Problems with File-RsyncP-0.46 on Solaris

[Craig B. <cba...@us...>]

Michael Keightley writes:

> Setup is Solaris 9 machine using BackupPC-2.0.2 and Rsyncd to backup XP machine.
> Using ActivePerl 5.8.3 and File-RsyncP-0.46.  
> 
> It falls over everytime with this error:
> 
> 2004/3/11 10:58:53 Started full backup on spook (pid=29498, share=dDrive)
> 2004/3/11 10:59:06 spook: Cannot compress negative numbers in pack at /home/backuppc/lib/BackupPC/Attrib.pm line 289.
> 2004/3/11 10:59:17 Backup failed on spook (Child exited prematurely)
> 
> File-RsyncP-0.44 works fine, though I am having other problems
> similar to  thread "backuppc runs for a while, then becomes a
> zombie". Seems to only affect Solaris, as I have another BackupPC
> install on SuSE 9.0, which is working OK with 0.46. It isn't a
> problem with the version of Perl, as I have tried it with 3
> different versions.

Ok, this was a change I made in 0.46 to support backward compatibility
to perl 5.005_03.

In File-RsyncP-0.46/FileList/FileList.xs around line 193, change these
lines:

        hv_store(rh, "uid",     3, newSVnv((double)file->uid), 0);
        hv_store(rh, "gid",     3, newSVnv((double)file->gid), 0);
        hv_store(rh, "mode",    4, newSVnv((double)file->mode), 0);
        hv_store(rh, "mtime",   5, newSVnv((double)file->modtime), 0);

to

        hv_store(rh, "uid",     3, newSVnv((double)((unsigned)file->uid)), 0);
        hv_store(rh, "gid",     3, newSVnv((double)((unsigned)file->gid)), 0);
        hv_store(rh, "mode",    4, newSVnv((double)((unsigned)file->mode)), 0);
        hv_store(rh, "mtime",   5, newSVnv((double)((unsigned)file->modtime)), 0);

Craig