Bug#774278: unison: naming of backup files does not work for "update-sandisk-Playlists"

[Jatmin <jatmin@web.de>]

Package: unison
Version: 2.40.65-2
Severity: minor

Dear Maintainer,

I use unison a lot and think it is a great tool (I have also already donated something :-).

I use unison also for making backups.  The relevant options are:

backup = Name *
backuplocation = local
backupprefix =
backupsuffix = ..unison-backup.$VERSION

Everything works fine, for instance, the following files are being created after some time:

  -rw-r--r--  1 josef josef  199 Dec 27 10:59 backup.prf
  -rw-r--r--  1 josef josef  515 Dec 26 12:46 backup.prf..unison-backup.0
  -rw-r--r--  1 josef josef  517 Dec 26 11:37 backup.prf..unison-backup.1
  -rw-r--r--  1 josef josef 1053 Oct 12 20:13 backup.prf..unison-backup.2

However, only the file "update-sandisk-Playlists" is handled incorrectly.  I guess it has
to do with the filename.  After some time I have:

  -rwxr--r--  1 laurenz laurenz 1762 Dec 28 13:48 update-sandisk-Playlists
  -rwxr--r--  1 laurenz laurenz 1549 Feb  3  2014 update-sandisk-Playlists..unison-backup.0..unison-backup.0..unison-backup.0..unison-backup.0..unison-backup.0..unison-backup.0

i.e. "..unison-backup.0" gets added over and over again instead of incrementing the counter at the end.

Best wishes,

Josef.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.10-3-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages unison depends on:
ii  libc6  2.17-93

Versions of packages unison recommends:
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:6.0p1-4+deb7u2

Versions of packages unison suggests:
ii  unison-all  2.40+1

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