Hi there Alexander,
well you've gotten me so close to finding a solution. But the
downgrading process is still failing. Any more clues please?
check it out:
Macintosh-2:/sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo root# fink dumpinfo
-fallversions rdiff-backup
Scanning package description files..........
Information about 6289 packages read in 2 seconds.
allversions:
b 1.0.3-1002
1.1.5-1002
bi 1.1.9-1002
Macintosh-2:/sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo root# fink install
rdiff-backup 1.1.5-1002
Information about 6289 packages read in 0 seconds.
Failed: no package found for specification '1.1.5-1002'!
Macintosh-2:/sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo root# cat
/sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo/rdiff-backup.info
Package: rdiff-backup
Version: 1.1.5
Revision: 1002
Description: Backup using mirrors and incrementals
License: GPL
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/
Maintainer: Blair Zajac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
# Dependencies.
BuildDepends: librsync (>= 0.9.7-1001)
Depends: python24 (>= 1:2.4.2-1004), librsync-shlibs (>= 0.9.7-1001)
# Unpack Phase.
Source: http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/%n/%n-%v.tar.gz
Source-MD5: 37478b1d3e76ea521aac22216582ec58
# Patch Phase.
Patch: %n.patch
# Compile Phase.
CompileScript: %p/bin/python2.4 setup.py build
# Install Phase.
InstallScript: %p/bin/python2.4 setup.py install --root=%d
DocFiles: CHANGELOG COPYING FAQ.html README
# Documentation.
DescDetail: <<
rdiff-backup backs up one directory to another, possibly over a
network. The target directory ends up a copy of the source directory,
but extra reverse diffs are stored in a special subdirectory of that
target directory, so you can still recover files lost some time ago.
The idea is to combine the best features of a mirror and an
incremental backup. rdiff-backup also preserves subdirectories, hard
links, dev files, permissions, uid/gid ownership, and modification
times. Also, rdiff-backup can operate in a bandwidth efficient manner
over a pipe, like rsync. Thus you can use rdiff-backup and ssh to
securely back a hard drive up to a remote location, and only the
differences will be transmitted. Finally, rdiff-backup is easy to use
and settings have sensible defaults.
<<
Macintosh-2:/sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo root#
cheers,
oah
Alexander Hansen wrote:
> On 6/16/07, Noah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hey there Alexander,
>>
>> thanks for walking me through the steps. It appears that version 1.1.5
>> aint there.
>> is there anywhere that explains how to cvs the 1.1.5 version from the
>> CVS server?
>>
>> Noah-Garrett-Wallachs-Computer:/Users/noahgarrettwallach root# fink
>> dumpinfo -fallversions rdiff-backup
>> Information about 6675 packages read in 3 seconds.
>> allversions:
>> b 1.0.3-1002
>> bi 1.1.9-1002
>> Noah-Garrett-Wallachs-Computer:/Users/noahgarrettwallach root#
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Noah
>>
>>
>
> Here's how to proceed:
>
> 1) If it doesn't exist make the directory
> /sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo, e.g.:
>
> mkdir -p /sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo
>
> (and if the system won't let you do that, use
>
> sudo mkdir -p /sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo
>
> )
>
> 2) Check /sw/etc/fink.conf to make sure that local/main is in the
> Trees: line. If not, add it--you'll need to edit this file as the
> superuser, e.g.
>
> sudo nano -w /sw/etc/fink.conf
>
> 3) Now go to the CVS repository viewer page for 10.4 rdiff-backup:
>
> http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/fink/dists/10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/utils/rdiff-backup.info?view=log
>
>
>
> 4) Download rdiff-backup.info by clicking the "download" link for the
> 1.3 CVS revision of the document (that's the file you want), and then
> saving the file from your web browser.
>
> 5) Copy the saved file to /sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo (you may
> need to rename it--I generally find that the browser sticks a .txt
> extension on my file),
>
> cp <downloaded filename>
> /sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo/rdiff-backup.info
>
> (and add a "sudo" to the front if the system won't let you copy the file)
>
> 6) Make sure that this version shows up in
>
> fink dumpinfo -fallversions rdiff-backup
>
> 7) If so, you should be able to run
>
> fink install rdiff-backup 1.1.5-1002
>
> and hopefully there won't be any problems.
>
>
> If you do happen to have any post back--doing it on the list is great,
> because that way we've got something like a tutorial to use as a
> reference. :-)
>
>> Alexander Hansen wrote:
>> > On 6/16/07, Noah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Alexander,
>> >>
>> >> is there a way to look up the revision number? I dont have a clue
>> what
>> >> the number is
>> >>
>> >> # fink install rdiff-backup-1.1.5
>> >> Information about 6677 packages read in 6 seconds.
>> >> Failed: no package found for specification 'rdiff-backup-1.1.5'!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > fink dumpinfo -fallversions rdiff-backup
>> >
>> > will show you all of the versions known to your system. If you don't
>> > have a local binary of 1.1.5 then you can still get it, but you'll
>> > have to do some legwork by pulling an older version off of the CVS
>> > server. This isn't terribly hard, though. Check what's on your
>> > system first.
>>
>
>
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