ubuntu 8.04lts + rdiff-backup: Should I install from source instead of using apt repositories?
- by egarcia
I'm trying to use rdiff-backup in order to make backup copies of some folders inside an Ubuntu 8.04LTS server.
I'm attempting to do the backup on another server with a more modern Ubuntu distro (9.10). I'll call this one the "client".
rdiff-backup needs to be installed on both the client and the server. It is available on the apt repositories on both machines, so I installed it using sudo apt-get install rdiff-backup.
The problem is that the version installed on the server is older than the one on the client (1.1.15 vs 1.2.8). Thus I get errors when I try do make them work together.
So I need both versions to be the same.
What is the standard procedure in these cases? Should I attempt to upgrade the version on the server, or downgrade the version on the client? And how whould I do that?
In case it is useful, I'd like to point out that the rdiff-backup apt-package has some dependencies - librsync1 & python-support
Attaching the errors I got in case they help:
rdiff-backup egarcia@test::/var/rails/ohwr/backup /home/kikito/backup/files
Warning: Local version 1.2.8 does not match remote version 1.1.15.
Exception '
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: rpath.make_file_dict
with arguments: ['/var/rails/ohwr/backup']
' raised of class '<class 'rdiff_backup.Security.Violation'>':
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main
try: Main(arglist)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 321, in Main
rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py", line 78, in cmdpair2rp
return rpath.RPath(conn, filename).normalize()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884, in __init__
else: self.setdata()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 908, in setdata
self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 450, in __call__
return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 370, in reval
if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>
rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 304, in error_check_Main
try: Main(arglist)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line 321, in Main
rps = map(SetConnections.cmdpair2rp, cmdpairs)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/SetConnections.py", line 78, in cmdpair2rp
return rpath.RPath(conn, filename).normalize()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 884, in __init__
else: self.setdata()
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 908, in setdata
self.data = self.conn.rpath.make_file_dict(self.path)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 450, in __call__
return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args)
File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/rdiff_backup/connection.py", line 370, in reval
if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result
rdiff_backup.Security.Violation:
Warning Security Violation!
Bad request for function: rpath.make_file_dict
with arguments: ['/var/rails/ohwr/backup']
