Comment 22 for bug 1313034

As mentioned above, duplicity 0.7.08 resolves this bug. It was fixed back in June.

If you are using duplicity 0.7.08 or later and are seeing this issue, we absolutely want to hear from you. These latest comments are about distributions carrying old versions of the program, rather than development on duplicity.

There seems to be a bit of confusion in the latest comments. If you are seeing this error, there are two distinct scenarios:
1) You do not want to back up the files mentioned in the error and have added them to your excluded files list. This is what this bug is about and the bug was fixed back in June. The error will go away if you upgrade your duplicity. As I mentioned back in May, the issue (an error given even though files are in the exclude list) was never actually causing any issues with the backups, just giving a superfluous error.
2) If you *are* trying to back up the folder (it is not in your exclude list), but are getting this error, then this bug is *not* your issue. PJO, it sounds like you actually want to backup those folders. The error is most likely caused because you do not have access to the file/folder you are trying to back up. There is not much duplicity can do about that and you need to either give yourself permission to read the files or run duplicity as a user that does have permission. As the error says, make sure you are able to open them.

Eero, duplicity is absolutely maintained. There have been four releases since the version in Zesty/Yakkety. If the one high-priority bug (as opposed to feature request) from 2011 is affecting you, please do comment on that bug with your experience -- it would be good to have some help fixing it. A test case from you would be ideal. I do not have a non-English locale, so it is hard to test whether it is still an issue.