On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:25:42 +0000 Tony van der Hoff <li...@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
