"Unable to find node..." error

Question

Does anyone have any idea what the error below is trying to tell me???
I'm getting these every time I try to sync this same package file called "personal notebook.ntx".
1) When I look inside the package file there is no such file. There is a file called "req_of.gif", but no file with a "._" preceeding. On top of that this is a standard AFP based home directory (not CIFS, or NFS).
2) Every time the sync runs, the file that gets the error CHANGES! So one time it'll be the file I just mentioned, the next time it'll be this file:
"Documents/NoteTaker-NoteShare/Personal/personal notebook.ntx/Attachments/._s117018.jpg"
The next time I'll be this file:
"Documents/NoteTaker-NoteShare/Personal/personal notebook.ntx/Attachments/.smlogo2.gif"
And so on. There are about 84 files in that directory and if the automatic syncs are let run enough times, it will eventually generate an error on most of the files in that directory (but not all
1:: <GO> local: PACKAGE MODIFY "Documents/NoteTaker-NoteShare/Personal/personal notebook.ntx" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)}
1:: <OK> local: CHILD UNCHANGED ./.DS_Store
1:: <OK> local: CHILD UNCHANGED ./AppletData
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] EXCEPTION: -\[SStore myNodeForNode:isDestNode:]: Unable to find node for "Documents/NoteTaker-NoteShare/Personal/personal notebook.ntx/Attachments/.reqof.gif" in store "HomeSync_Mirror-L-yvUOtsqmAt7-ramos-m" <-\[SStore myNodeForNode:isDestNode:] (Store.m:840): "'(node)' is nil">
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] BACKTRACE: {
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x4a1eb
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x90340
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x904c2
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x53d76
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x4804f
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x47ace
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x53929
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x3132e
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x30c65
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x47a6a
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x478d6
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x155d3
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x9001704d
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x90016bf4
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] ??| |?| 0x92d0a075
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] }
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.288] <ERROR> local: CHILD UNCHANGED ./Attachments (-\[SStore myNodeForNode:isDestNode:] (Store.m:840): "'(node)' is nil")
0:: \[2007/12/15 08:52:07.290] <ERROR> local: PACKAGE MODIFY "Documents/NoteTaker-NoteShare/Personal/personal notebook.ntx" {(Priority=1, EXECUTING)} (-\[SStore myNodeForNode:isDestNode:] (Store.m:840): "'(node)' is nil")

Answer 1

Hmmm, Ok, this is helpful, however we're now in an area I'm rather unfamiliar with so need some more help (thanks for this by the way).
First what I know...
* Everything below the directory "personal notebook.ntx" is part of a package and not directly under my control but under control of an application called Notetaker. I have however, been having to look into the packages a lot recently due to the fact that the modification dates don't seem to work the same in Leopard as they did in Tiger (I mentioned this in another thread, but no one seem to have any insight on it http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1244035&tstart=0). By looking into the package seemed to be the only way to be able to verify whether or not my files were being sync'ed correctly as I could no longer rely on modification dates.
* Checking the rest of the files in the package shows that a lot but not all of the files have that attribute set. All the files in that directory have that attribute set.
* I don't consistently get the same file to error out every time. If I run the sync two times in a row with no changes what-so-ever a different file will generate the error.
So questions that come to mind since I haven't dealt with extended attributes very much....
* Are you saying that the extended attributes could only have been set by a Leopard client? A Tiger client would not have been able to set them? (I'm syncing these files between Leopard and Tiger clients).
* what is the "com.apple.FinderInfo" attribute? Can I delete it? What would I lose? The fact that not all files in the package have this makes me wonder whether or not it's necessary.
* why would FileSyncAgent have a problem with extended attributes?
Thanks for any help.
-Rich