$OpenBSD: patch-bin_duplicity,v 1.4 2013/03/13 02:51:42 brad Exp $
--- bin/duplicity.orig	Wed Jan 23 09:35:57 2013
+++ bin/duplicity	Sat Feb  2 00:13:24 2013
@@ -1151,9 +1151,12 @@ def check_resources(action):
                            log.ErrorCode.get_ulimit_failed)
         maxopen = min([l for l in (soft, hard) if l > -1])
         if maxopen < 1024:
-            log.FatalError(_("Max open files of %s is too low, should be >= 1024.\n"
-                             "Use 'ulimit -n 1024' or higher to correct.\n") % (maxopen,),
-                             log.ErrorCode.maxopen_too_low)
+            try:
+              resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (1024, hard))
+            except resource.error:
+                log.FatalError(_("Max open files of %s is too low, should be >= 1024.\n"
+                               "Use 'ulimit -n 1024' or higher to correct.\n") % (maxopen,),
+                               log.ErrorCode.maxopen_too_low)
 
 def log_startup_parms(verbosity=log.INFO):
     """