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

[Patrik Dufresne]

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
> >
> >
>
>