For me on Ubuntu 19.10, the best workaround seems to be to copy its newer unison-2.48.4 to my old Ubuntu 14.04 machine (and put it into /usr/local/bin/). Then on my 19.10 machine, I simply add this line to the *.prf config file I'm using:
servercmd = unison-2.48.4 Alternatively, the ancient Unison binaries do still work on Ubuntu 19.10 (yay!), so I can run those when necessary to talk to an old stock system. More details on the specific combinations that seem to work vs. break: Ubuntu 19.10 appears to run these ancient binaries just fine: - unison-2.40.102-gtk, from the Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS package unison-gtk_2.40.102-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb; it talks to the stock unison unning on Ubuntu 14.04.4. - unison-2.32.52-gtk, from the Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS package unison2.32.52-gtk_2.32.52-7ubuntu1_amd64.deb; it talks to the stock unison running on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. Ubuntu 14.04.4 appears to run this NEWER binary fine: - unison-2.48.4, from the Ubuntu 19.10 package unison_2.48.4-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS will NOT run these NEWER binaries at all: - unison-2.48.4, from Ubuntu 19.10. - unison-2.40.102, from Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS. $ unison-2.48.4 unison-2.48.4: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by unison-2.48.4) unison-2.48.4: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by unison-2.48.4) unison-2.48.4: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.17' not found (required by unison-2.48.4) $ unison-2.40.102 unison-2.40.102: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.15' not found (required by unison-2.40.102) unison-2.40.102: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.14' not found (required by unison-2.40.102) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1568459 Title: unison incompatible with older ubuntu/debian versions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unison/+bug/1568459/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
