andrew
November 3, 2025, 10:56pm
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A new version of duplicity has just hit and I let the system upgrade duplicity to 3.0.6 … and I instantly get backup and status problems.
I’ll revert to the previous version (3.0.5.1), a pain but nothing more - touch wood. Previous is available from https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team/+archive/ubuntu/duplicity-release-git/+build/30958892/+files/duplicity_3.0.5.1-ppa202506251611~ubuntu22.04.1_amd64.deb
I recommend everyone immediately do apt-mark hold duplicity until the fix for the fix comes out
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Fenhl
November 4, 2025, 9:08am
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I seem to be hitting this same issue. How do I revert?
FCReid
November 4, 2025, 10:52am
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timo
November 4, 2025, 3:55pm
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Thanks @andrew and @FCReid
Worked for me. Then when the fix for the fix comes out, to unhold just use this command right?
sudo apt-mark unhold duplicity
FCReid
November 4, 2025, 5:00pm
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sudo apt-cache policy duplicity
That will show you the currently installed and proposed candidates for duplicity. The current 3.0.6 proposed version has the issue. I suspect they will release an update fairly quickly. There will likely be chatter on here when that happens. At that time, you can then to allow the upgrade to occur.
sudo apt-mark unhold duplicity
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Fezzy
November 5, 2025, 12:47pm
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Thanks for posting this info. Appreciate the opportunity to avoid another “glitch”.
Yes. Thanks for this. It worked for me!
Guess that shows me I need to mark duplicity against updates. Oops!
Jayman
November 6, 2025, 10:48am
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If anyone is interested, here’s a link to the duplicity issue for this problem:
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