[Python-apps-team] Bug#845501: rdiff-backup: Does not erase pid on loss of connection

[Arnold Metselaar]

Package: rdiff-backup
Version: 1.2.8-7
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

After an automated backup process failed due to the remote host closing the connection, 
subsequent backup processes failed as well because rdiff-backup still checked, or tried to check,
whether a process with the process id of the failed backup was running.

I think that rdiff-backup should clear its pidfile whenever it stops due loss of connection with the remote host,
or other fatal problems.

Kind regards,
Arnold Metselaar


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.6
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (650, 'stable'), (550, 'oldstable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'oldstable-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/3 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nl_NL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages rdiff-backup depends on:
ii  libc6      2.19-18+deb8u6
ii  librsync1  0.9.7-10
ii  python     2.7.9-1
ii  python2.7  2.7.9-2+deb8u1

Versions of packages rdiff-backup recommends:
ii  python-pylibacl  0.5.2-1
ii  python-pyxattr   0.5.3-1

rdiff-backup suggests no packages.

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