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[Rodrigo Alvarez <question248111@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #248111 on Duplicity changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/248111

Rodrigo Alvarez gave more information on the question:
Ok, I created a test set with 150K files (very small files) to test the
theory.

On May 11, 2014, at 10:03 AM, Rodrigo Alvarez
<rodrigo.alvarez.i@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Edso, 
> 
> Nice theory!    I hadn't noticed that after the 92K file threshold all other files are added again. 
> 
> I'm currently running Python 2.7.3--supposedly the latest production version for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.  Are you recommending that I roll back to the retired Python 2.6.6?  I could also try upgrading to 2.7.6.   Reading around, it seems fiddling with Python version switches is a very good way to ruin your system.  Can you think of any test to confirm the theory before going for the down/up-grade? 
> 
> Best, 
> 
> +R
> 
> 
> On May 11, 2014, at 3:26 AM, edso <question248111@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Your question #248111 on Duplicity changed:
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/248111
>> 
>> edso posted a new comment:
>> Rodrigo,
>> 
>> ignore the previous request, just saw you earlier comment.
>> 
>> here comes a thought. the second backup log suggests that after roughly
>> 92000 files the files get compared to None, meaning they seem to be
>> missing in the backup. the earlier verify though pretty clearly says
>> they are in there.
>> 
>> i remember an issue on Mac where python had a bug that silently capped
>> array lists to some maximum length.
>> 
>> can you try another python? preferrably latest stable of 2.6 ?
>> 
>> ..ede/duply.net
>> 
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