Hello Dominic,
Yes, that is to distinguish between the rdiff-backup package provided
by debien repo and the various version provided by my unofficial
repository.
You can install a specific version of rdiff-backup.
sudo apt install rdiff-backup-1.2
sudo apt install rdiff-backup-2.0
sudo apt install rdiff-backup-2.2
Here the version could be installed in parallel. If I remember
correctly, you may need to create a symbolic link to your default version.
/usr/bin/rdiff-backup -> /opt/rdiff-backup-2.2/rdiff-backup
Le jeu. 15 févr. 2024, à 07 h 32, Dominic Raferd
<dominic@timedicer.co.uk> a écrit :
Thanks Eric and Patrik.
Patrik, on a client (running Ubuntu 22.04) I added your repo (for
rdiffweb) per the instructions at your website (option 1), but
running
apt upgrade I don't see an upgrade available for rdiff-backup (from
v2.0.5), do I need to do something else?
On 15/02/2024 12:06, Patrik Dufresne wrote:
> Or you could use one of my unofficial rdiff-backup package
compiled for
> most debian flavour.
>
> Https://Nexus.ikus-soft.com <Https://Nexus.ikus-soft.com>
>
> You can follow instructions to install APT repo from rdiffweb
documentation.
>
>
> On Thu., Feb. 15, 2024, 02:32 EricZolf,
<ewl+rdiffbackup@lavar.de <mailto:ewl%2Brdiffbackup@lavar.de>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dominic,
>>
>> Mixing 2.2.x shouldn't be an issue unless you hit one of the
issues listed
>> in the changelog.
>>
>> Regarding PPA, Otto announced a long time ago that he needs
>> co-maintainers. Volunteers are required to take on the task.
>>
>> Without this, your option is to use pip to install rdiff-backup as
>> described in the main README.
>>
>> Hope this helps, Eric
>>
>> On February 14, 2024 3:32:38 PM UTC, Dominic Raferd <
>> dominic@timedicer.co.uk> wrote:
>>> First, continued thanks for Eric and the team for their great
work on
>> updating rdiff-backup - really amazing stuff.
>>> Following a system upgrade of my backup server to Ubuntu
23.10, I have
>> version mismatches: clients have (Windows and) Ubuntu 22.04
(rdiff-backup
>> 2.0.5) whereas the server has rdiff-backup 2.2.2.
>>> I realise that I can upgrade Windows just by changing the .exe
file, but
>> is there a way to upgrade rdiff-backup on Ubuntu 22.04 from the
standard
>> 2.0.5 to 2.2.2 or indeed to the current latest'n'greatest 2.2.6
(and should
>> I expect any problems if I have the latter on a client and
2.2.2 on the
>> server)? I was hoping for a PPA offering this, but I can't find
one :(
>>> Dominic
>>>
>>>
>>
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