Add a warning message if extended attributes support is broken by the

filesystem


git-svn-id: http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/rdiff-backup@943 2b77aa54-bcbc-44c9-a7ec-4f6cf2b41109

trunk/rdiff-backup/CHANGELOG

 New in v1.2.2 (????/??/??)
 ---------------------------
 
+Add a warning message if extended attributes support is broken by the
+filesystem (such as with older EncFS versions). (Andrew Ferguson)
+
 Improve handling of Windows ACLs by switching to API functions which
 understand inherited ACEs; fixes support for Windows 2000. (Andrew Ferguson)
 

trunk/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/fs_abilities.py

@@ -366,6 +366,13 @@ class FSAbilities:
 			log.Log("Extended attributes not supported by "
 					"filesystem at %s" % (rp.path,), 4)
 			self.eas = 0
+		except AssertionError:
+			log.Log("Extended attributes support is broken on filesystem at "
+					"%s. Please upgrade the filesystem driver, contact the "
+					"developers, or use the --no-eas option to disable "
+					"extended attributes support and suppress this message."
+					% (rp.path,), 1)
+			self.eas = 0
 		else: self.eas = 1
 
 	def set_win_acls(self, dir_rp):