From fc92822b6c5771ae56afd9472017d5aa7efeb95d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Waldmann <tw@waldmann-edv.de>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2016 17:35:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] explain the confusing TypeError, fixes #1456

---
 borg/remote.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/borg/remote.py b/borg/remote.py
index 47a20412b..3dda24133 100644
--- a/borg/remote.py
+++ b/borg/remote.py
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ class RemoteRepository:
             except self.RPCError as err:
                 if err.remote_type != 'TypeError':
                     raise
+                msg = """\
+Please note:
+If you see a TypeError complaining about the number of positional arguments
+given to open(), you can ignore it if it comes from a borg version < 1.0.7.
+This TypeError is a cosmetic side effect of the compatibility code borg
+clients >= 1.0.7 have to support older borg servers.
+This problem will go away as soon as the server has been upgraded to 1.0.7+.
+"""
+                # emit this msg in the same way as the "Remote: ..." lines that show the remote TypeError
+                sys.stderr.write(msg)
                 if append_only:
                     raise self.NoAppendOnlyOnServer()
                 self.id = self.call('open', self.location.path, create, lock_wait, lock)