David Christensen wrote at about 13:57:11 -0800 on Monday, February 16, 2009: > Cody Dunne wrote: > > > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html > > Which states: > > Regular rsync over SSH doesn't work between Linux and Windows/Cygwin > boxes because of a bug fixed in rsync 3.0 > > > On Debian 4, I see: > > 2009-02-16 13:37:56 r...@p3450 ~ > # rsync --version > rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29 > <snip> > > 2009-02-16 13:41:37 r...@p3450 ~ > # ssh -V > OpenSSH_4.3p2 Debian-9etch3, OpenSSL 0.9.8c 05 Sep 2006 > > 2009-02-16 13:57:13 r...@p3450 ~ > # cat /etc/debian_version > 4.0 > > > On Cygwin, I see: > > 2009-02-16 13:40:44 dpchr...@p43400e ~ > $ rsync --version > rsync version 3.0.4 protocol version 30 > <snip> > > 2009-02-16 13:40:50 dpchr...@p43400e ~ > $ ssh -V > OpenSSH_5.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8j 07 Jan 2009 > > > So, it looks like the rsync and ssh binaries in Debian 4.0 are older > versions than those on Cygwin. Debian 5 has ssh 5.1p1-5 and rsync > 3.0.3-2: > > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/openssh-client > > http://packages.debian.org/lenny/rsync > > > If I rebuild the box using Debian 5, should BackupPC work for Windows/ > Cygwin via ssh/ rsync? >
No the problem is the perl library perl-File-RsyncP does not work with protocol 30 (the rsync 3.0 protocol) so it reverts to the older protocol which has issues with various Windows files. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
