ben has traditionally maintained backwards compat for the on-disk storage, but not necessarily for the network protocol. i think you can assume we'll attempt the same going forward.
yeah i know it's a hassle in mixed setups, and if someone wants to learn the net layer well enough to provide backwards compat then i'm sure we'd accept the patches. -dean On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Philippe Froidevaux wrote: > Hello Sylvain, > > from my experience, version x.y.* are compatible. For example, 1.1.5 and > 1.1.12 are compatible (even if it shows a warning), but are not > compatible with version 1.0.x. > > my fear is that a future version make all my backup format (stored on > the disc, and not just the binaries) obsolete, but this didn't happend > until now :-) > > > cheers, > Philippe > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I tried using rdiff-backup for saving a directory from a computer (running > > debian etch) on another computer (running debian sarge). rdiff-bakcup > > complains that the two versions where not the same. I had to install the > > "etch" version of rdiff on the "sarge" box; it worked, but is perhaps not > > the good solution. > > > > I'm wondering what is the policy of rdiff-backup regarding the difference > > of version : is there always a request for exact match of the version > > numbers of the source and target rdiff? Or is there guarantees that, > > during a certain revision number, versions are compatible? > > > > I didn't found any information about this request for identity of version > > in the documentation but was probably to hasty; please don't hesitate to > > give me the reference if it is documented. > > > > Cheers, > > Sylvain > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > Meilleures salutations / Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Kind regards > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Philippe Froidevaux [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Départment of Computer Science Systems Manager > Boulevard de Pérolles 90 tel: +41 26 300 83 42 > CH-1700 Fribourg fax: +41 26 300 96 42 > http://diuf.unifr.ch/techsupport/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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