Okay, the PKGBUILD can also be used to build v2.0.5, but this requires some changes.
Apparently, rdiff-backup 2.0.5 can't be built with Python 3.11. Gentoo applies the following patch to make it work:
From 5e5cc54b5a633d3c6c0469283b2f26dbdde7908f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frank Crawford <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2022 18:44:57 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Added patch for Python3.11 as per bpo-39573.
---
src/_librsyncmodule.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/_librsyncmodule.c b/src/_librsyncmodule.c
index a46567fc4..158104d2e 100644
--- a/src/_librsyncmodule.c
+++ b/src/_librsyncmodule.c
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@
#include <librsync.h>
#define RSM_JOB_BLOCKSIZE 65536
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ * Update for Python 3.11 - Contributed by Victor Stinner in bpo-39573.
+ * Compatibility macro for older Python versions.
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030900A4 && !defined(Py_SET_TYPE)
+static inline void _Py_SET_TYPE(PyObject *ob, PyTypeObject *type)
+{ ob->ob_type = type; }
+#define Py_SET_TYPE(ob, type) _Py_SET_TYPE((PyObject*)(ob), type)
+#endif
+
static PyObject *librsyncError;
/* Sets python error string from result */
@@ -540,8 +550,9 @@ PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit__librsync(void)
{
PyObject *m, *d;
- Py_TYPE(&_librsync_SigMakerType) = &PyType_Type;
- Py_TYPE(&_librsync_DeltaMakerType) = &PyType_Type;
+ /* Update for Python 3.11 - bpo-39573. */
+ Py_SET_TYPE(&_librsync_SigMakerType, &PyType_Type);
+ Py_SET_TYPE(&_librsync_DeltaMakerType, &PyType_Type);
static struct PyModuleDef librsync_def = {
PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT, "_librsync", "RSync Lib", -1, _librsyncMethods, };
m = PyModule_Create(&librsync_def);
Also, I simply commented out all the tests (seems like a lot has changed here, too).
This way, I could build a working rdiff-backup 2.0.5. I hope this helps and the package will be fixed soon …