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Re: unison compatibility in stretch

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On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:25:42 +0000
Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> For years I've been using unison to keep common files amongst my
> various systems.
> 
> I now find that stretch provides version 2.48, whereas Jessie provided
> 2.40, and they are not compatible. My server, which still runs Jessie,
> will therefore not accept connections from my desktop box.
> 
> In the passt, I've always worked round this by installing the lower
> version on my desktop and adjusted the links. This appears no lnger to
> be possible.
> 
> Does anyone know how to get round this? (I've no immediate intention
> to upgrade the server).
> 

a) Do it the hard way with rsync and ssh?

b) Do it the cumbersome way by exporting samba/nfs mounts and running
Unison 'locally'?

I do the latter, as everything I want to synchronise is kept on my
server on samba shares, where it is also accessible from my Windows
laptop with FreeFileSync (yes, I do know there's a Unison for Windows).

-- 
Joe

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unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-10 13:30 +0100
  Re: unison compatibility in stretch Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-12-10 15:10 +0100
  Re: unison compatibility in stretch "Juan R. de Silva" <juan.r.d.silva@gmail.com> - 2017-12-10 16:40 +0100
  Re: unison compatibility in stretch Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2017-12-10 20:50 +0100
    Re: unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-11 11:40 +0100
      Re: unison compatibility in stretch Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-12 10:00 +0100
        Re: unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-12 11:20 +0100
          Re: unison compatibility in stretch Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-12 13:40 +0100
          Re: unison compatibility in stretch David Margerison <deltam@electrosonics.com.au> - 2017-12-12 15:10 +0100
      Re: unison compatibility in stretch Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2017-12-12 13:00 +0100
        Re: unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-13 14:00 +0100
          Re: unison compatibility in stretch Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2017-12-13 14:40 +0100
            Re: unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-13 15:10 +0100
              Re: unison compatibility in stretch Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-12-13 16:50 +0100
                Re: unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-13 17:50 +0100
                Re: unison compatibility in stretch Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> - 2017-12-13 18:40 +0100
                Re: unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-13 18:50 +0100
                Re: unison compatibility in stretch Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> - 2017-12-29 12:30 +0100
                Re: unison compatibility in stretch Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2017-12-29 17:10 +0100

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