On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 11:12:58AM +0100, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On 06/29/2006 10:27:42 AM +0100 > Marc Haber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Is there any way to make this combination of rdiff-backup commands > > work short of updating the remote host's rdiff-backup to 1.1.5? > > You could downgrade the local version to 0.13.4 (ie, Sarge's version), > but you will need to remove at least the rdiff-backup-data > director(y|ies) on the remote server. Using different versions of > rdiff-backup at each end WILL cause problems and will create an > (somewhat) unusable repository, hence the warning issued by rdiff-backup > when you try to do this.
This is a real turn-off because it is not always feasible to roll updates to all machines immediately. I'd expect a _backup_ tool to at least offer some kind of backwards compatibility. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
