AttributeError

From RdiffBackupWiki

If, among the traceback for a failed initial backup, you find this error message:

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fsync'

Then the problem is likely with python. In version 2.3.1 os.fsync() is broken.

To resolve the problem I downloaded the latest python and compiled from source. I then had to reinstall rdiff-backup in order to have it all work properly.

Thank you, Ben, for pointing this out.