LFTP backend crashes on empty remote path

The patch does not do what you want:

>>> re.sub('^/.+', '', '/')
'/'
>>> re.sub('^/.+', '', '/foo')
''

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Adam Reichold <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> I use Duplicity 0.7.01 running on Python 2.7.9 on a current Arch Linux.
> My target file system is an FTP server which I access using the LFTP
> backend. When accessing my backup target using an URL like
> "ftp://<email address hidden>/", the LFTP backend immediately crashes with the
> following error:
>
> LFTP version is 4.6.1
> Benutze temporäres Verzeichnis /tmp/duplicity-XNJ6L_-tempdir
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1500, in <module>
> with_tempdir(main)
> File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1494, in with_tempdir
> fn()
> File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1327, in main
> action = commandline.ProcessCommandLine(sys.argv[1:])
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/commandline.py", line
> 1047, in ProcessCommandLine
> globals.backend = backend.get_backend(args[0])
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 221,
> in get_backend
> obj = get_backend_object(url_string)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line 207,
> in get_backend_object
> return factory(pu)
> File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/backends/lftpbackend.py", line
> 73, in __init__
> if self.remote_path[-1] != '/':
> IndexError: string index out of range
>
> due to "self.remote_path" being empty. The attached patch seems to
> resolve the issue.
>
> ** Affects: duplicity
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
> ** Patch added: "Patch to only remove leading slash if it is not also
> trailing"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1413792/+attachment/4303869/+files/empty-remote-path.diff
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1413792
>
> Title:
> LFTP backend crashes on empty remote path
>
> Status in Duplicity - Bandwidth Efficient Encrypted Backup:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I use Duplicity 0.7.01 running on Python 2.7.9 on a current Arch
> Linux. My target file system is an FTP server which I access using the
> LFTP backend. When accessing my backup target using an URL like
> "ftp://<email address hidden>/", the LFTP backend immediately crashes with
> the following error:
>
> LFTP version is 4.6.1
> Benutze temporäres Verzeichnis /tmp/duplicity-XNJ6L_-tempdir
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1500, in <module>
> with_tempdir(main)
> File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1494, in with_tempdir
> fn()
> File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 1327, in main
> action = commandline.ProcessCommandLine(sys.argv[1:])
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/commandline.py", line
> 1047, in ProcessCommandLine
> globals.backend = backend.get_backend(args[0])
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/backend.py", line
> 221, in get_backend
> obj = get_backend_object(url_string)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/duplicity/backe...

Hello again,

sorry about the botched patch. It is probably simpler to fix up emtpy remote path without touching anything else...

Best regards, Adam.