Re: Version Woes

[Frank Crawford]

Brian,
FYI, the incompatibility is really between python2 and python3
versions, so, 1.9.X and 2.0.0 are interoperable.
RegardsFrank
On Wed, 2020-04-15 at 18:52 -0400, Brian Bouterse wrote:
> I understand how maintaining the protocol compatibility wasn't an
> option.It's actually pretty great the on-disk layout is backwards
> compatible. Yourguide looks pretty good. I have a few questions.
> In my case it's the section at the bottom "Use Case: Remote to
> Local(push)". My local is the 1.9.0b1 (Fedora) machine as my remote
> is the 1.2.8(Debian) machine. What do you think the right process
> would be for me totry? If it works for me I could send some docs back
> to your PR.
> Is my first step to upgrade the remote Debian machine from 1.2.8 ->
> 2.0.0?Can I use the "On Debian" portion of guide to upgrade that
> 2.0.0?
> What version was the backwards compatible protocol version made? Is
> the1.9.0 client the new or the old protocol?
> Any other advice on the process I should try in my case?
> Thanks for any info you can provide.
> -Brian
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 9:04 PM Patrik Dufresne <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > Hello Brian,
> > We are aware of the incompatibles between the legacy version and
> > the newversion. It's was not possible in a reasonable amount of
> > time to keep itbackwards compatible.
> > I'm currently working on a migration guide. It's a work in
> > progress...
> > Check this out and let me know what you think
> > 
> > https://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/blob/ikus-migration-docs/docs/migration.md
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue., Apr. 14, 2020, 5:26 p.m. Brian Bouterse, <
> > address@hidden>wrote:
> > > I use rdiff-backup and love it, but I'm challenged by what I
> > > think is aversion mismatch issue.
> > > My central rdiff-backup server has version 1.9.1b0. Now I need to
> > > backup aDebian system and this system and even the latest (
> > > https://packages.debian.org/buster/rdiff-backup ) uses 1.2.8-7.
> > > When I attempt to run the test command:   `rdiff-backup --test-
> > > serverexample.com::/ignore` I get the error:
> > > Couldn't start up the remote connection by executing
> > >     ssh -C example.com rdiff-backup --server
> > > Remember that, under the default settings, rdiff-backup must
> > > beinstalled in the PATH on the remote system.  See the man page
> > > for moreinformation on this.  This message may also be displayed
> > > if the remoteversion of rdiff-backup is quite different from the
> > > local version(1.9.1b0).
> > > When I do manually run `ssh -C example.com<
> > > address@hidden> rdiff-backup --server` it does
> > > launchthe server and manual ssh and run rdiff-backup does show
> > > it's on the path.So I've concluded I have a version mismatch.
> > > Do you agree that is my issue?
> > > So I went to manually install it, but the downloads page takes me
> > > tohttps://github.com/rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup/releases which
> > > shows a 10yeargap and there isn't a version < 2.0 that I can see
> > > there.
> > > How do I install a version like 1.9.1b0 on Debian?
> > > Thank you!Brian
> > > 
> > > --Brian Bouterse