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-rw-r--r--rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py
index 4e6cc8f..423992b 100644
--- a/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py
+++ b/rdiff-backup/rdiff_backup/rpath.py
@@ -471,11 +471,10 @@ class RPath(RORPath):
def _getdevnums(self):
"""Return tuple for special file (major, minor)"""
- assert self.conn is Globals.local_connection
if Globals.exclude_device_files:
# No point in finding numbers because it will be excluded anyway
return ()
- s = os.lstat(self.path).st_rdev
+ s = self.conn.reval("lambda path: os.lstat(path).st_rdev", self.path)
return (s >> 8, s & 0xff)
def chmod(self, permissions):