bup 0.34 or so changed in ways that breaks the bup special remote when not operating on a ssh remote. This affects git-annex test.

--remote no longer accepts a local path, but only a host:path or some url forms (not file:// though even though it is documented to be supported).

Instead, use eg bup -d <path> split. Will also work for init, even though the new bup does also support bup init <path>

The bup -d approach seems to work with older versions of bup as well. --Joey

done --Joey