Able to reproduce the same. I would agree that if GTID_MODE=OFF then it should not covered while backup.
innobackupex: Backup created in directory '/home/nilnandan/backup/2014-11-13_13-46-00'
innobackupex: MySQL binlog position: filename 'mysql-bin.000003', position 338, GTID of the last change 'd05ede31-5361-11e4-a7e9-4ceb42171cea:1-6'
141113 13:46:28 innobackupex: Connection to database server closed
141113 13:46:28 innobackupex: completed OK!
nilnandan@Dell-XPS:~$
innobackupex: Backup created in directory '/home/nilnandan/backup/2014-11-13_13-47-32'
innobackupex: MySQL binlog position: filename 'mysql-bin.000003', position 637, GTID of the last change 'd05ede31-5361-11e4-a7e9-4ceb42171cea:1-6'
141113 13:48:00 innobackupex: Connection to database server closed
141113 13:48:00 innobackupex: completed OK!
nilnandan@Dell-XPS:~$
Able to reproduce the same. I would agree that if GTID_MODE=OFF then it should not covered while backup.
innobackupex: Backup created in directory '/home/ nilnandan/ backup/ 2014-11- 13_13-46- 00' 5361-11e4- a7e9-4ceb42171c ea:1-6' Dell-XPS: ~$
innobackupex: MySQL binlog position: filename 'mysql-bin.000003', position 338, GTID of the last change 'd05ede31-
141113 13:46:28 innobackupex: Connection to database server closed
141113 13:46:28 innobackupex: completed OK!
nilnandan@
innobackupex: Backup created in directory '/home/ nilnandan/ backup/ 2014-11- 13_13-47- 32' 5361-11e4- a7e9-4ceb42171c ea:1-6' Dell-XPS: ~$
innobackupex: MySQL binlog position: filename 'mysql-bin.000003', position 637, GTID of the last change 'd05ede31-
141113 13:48:00 innobackupex: Connection to database server closed
141113 13:48:00 innobackupex: completed OK!
nilnandan@