Re: unison compatibility in stretch
On 2017-12-11, Tony van der Hoff <lists@vanderhoff.org> wrote:
> On 10/12/17 19:40, Eric S Fraga wrote:
>> On Sunday, 10 Dec 2017 at 12:25, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> 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).
>> There is the -addversionno option which allows use to use different
>> versions of unison on the server end. Try this out (without adjusting
>> any links).
>>
> No:
What, no? Yes (WVSVNTB).
> tony@tony-lx:~$ unison -addversionno tony
> Contacting server...
> bash: unison-2.48: command not found
> Fatal error: Lost connection with the server
>
>
* workaroundable via symlink version number truncation bug
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