On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:50:53AM -0600, Curtis Osterhoudt wrote: > On Monday 25 August 2008 09:28:18 chuck odonnell wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 09:16:04AM -0600, Curtis Osterhoudt wrote: > > > I've just tried to run the latest rdiff-backup 1.2.1 on a WindowsXP > > > machine, backing up to a linux server (via ssh). Though it's claimed > > > to be backwards compatible, when run it complained that "Warning: > > > Local version 1.2.1 does not match remote version 1.2.0.", and it's > > > true that the linux server runs 1.2.0. > > > > it's just a minor-version diff warning. you can safely ignore it, or > > upgrade your linux server to 1.2.1. > > > > best, > > > > chuck > > Thanks for the input, Chuck. > > If I ignore it, how do I get rdiff to continue the backup? Of course, > that's probably covered in the (impressive---I've always liked the level of > care obviously given to it) documentation. > > Debian, at least, doesn't have a 1.2.1 version yet, though I could probably > dig into the source and make something *report* it's 1.2.1. > > Cheers, and I'd just like to report that rdiff-backup has saved > my ass several times, and I very much appreciate it!
differences in minor version numbers have not historically been a show stopper, but maybe this has changed. can you post the full dump of the error and back trace you are getting? thanks. chuck _______________________________________________ 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
