Wrong output of "verify --file-to-restore"

On 16.10.2013 18:56, Eugene Vandyuk wrote:
> New question #237450 on Duplicity:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/237450
>
> I' ve duplicity 0.6.18.
>
> I've single changed file in my dir:
>
> $ ls dupl-test/dir/file0
> dupl-test/dir/file0
>
> When I've run plain verify:
>
> $ PASSPHRASE=12345 duplicity verify sftp://olimp/backup dupl-test/
> Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Last full backup date: Wed Oct 16 17:09:42 2013
> Difference found: File dir/file0 has mtime Wed Oct 16 17:43:44 2013, expected Wed Oct 16 17:15:01 2013
> Verify complete: 14 files compared, 1 difference found.
>
> had 1 difference.
> But when I run verify for exact file:
>
> $ PASSPHRASE=12345 duplicity verify --file-to-restore dir/file0 sftp://olimp/backup dupl-test/
> Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Last full backup date: Wed Oct 16 17:09:42 2013
> Difference found: File . has type dir, expected reg
> Difference found: New file dir
> Difference found: New file dir/dir1
> Difference found: New file dir/dir1/file8
> Difference found: New file dir/dir2
> Difference found: New file dir/dir2/file9
> Difference found: New file dir/file0
> Difference found: New file dir/file5
> Difference found: New file dir/file6
> Difference found: New file dir/file7
> Difference found: New file file1
> Difference found: New file file2
> Difference found: New file file3
> Difference found: New file file4
> Verify complete: 14 files compared, 14 differences found.
>
> got 14 differences found.
>
> Why it's so ?
>

what'd you expect when you compare a file with a folder? try to verify against the file e.g.

$ PASSPHRASE=12345 duplicity verify --file-to-restore dir/file0 sftp://olimp/backup dupl-test/dir/file0

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