Re: Version mismatches - upgrade on Ubuntu 22.04 from rdiff-backup 2.0.5 to 2.2.2 or 2.2.6

[Patrik Dufresne]

Hello Dominic,

I don't think the man pages are available at the moment. Looking at the
package it's not included. I could check to see if it's a small change. It
would then be available as "man rdiff-backup-2.2".

I've sent you an invite because it seems you have disabled the option so I
could include you directly.
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Le jeu. 7 mars 2024, à 07 h 00, Dominic Raferd <dominic@timedicer.co.uk> a
écrit :

> Hi Patrik
>
> Still running well via your repo on my systems, thanks. Is there a way to
> see the updated (v2.2.6) man page? When I do 'man rdiff-backup' I see the
> old one (v2.0.5).
>
> On a separate note, can you add my email address to your Rdiffweb google
> group? For technical reasons I can't subscribe myself.
>
> Regards
>
> Dominic
> On 15/02/2024 13:47, Patrik Dufresne wrote:
>
> Glad it worked!
>
> Le jeu. 15 févr. 2024, à 08 h 46, Dominic Raferd <dominic@timedicer.co.uk>
> a écrit :
>
>> Thanks Patrik, I have that working now (rdiff-backup 2.2.6).
>> On 15/02/2024 12:40, Patrik Dufresne wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>> >
>>> > You can follow instructions to install APT repo from rdiffweb
>>> documentation.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Thu., Feb. 15, 2024, 02:32 EricZolf, <ewl+rdiffbackup@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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