Comments on: rdiff-backup and APT-Pinning http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/04/13/rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning The Magic of Open Source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: albinootje http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/04/13/rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning/comment-page-1/#comment-10147 albinootje Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:53:50 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/04/13/rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning/#comment-10147 Great that you now have the same versions of rdiff-backup packages available. Thanks for the update. Great that you now have the same versions of rdiff-backup packages available. Thanks for the update.

]]> By: Alan Lord http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/04/13/rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning/comment-page-1/#comment-10146 Alan Lord Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:02:09 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/04/13/rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning/#comment-10146 @albinootje Thanks for the comment. After reporting my results to this existing bug <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rdiff-backup/+bug/128242" rel="nofollow">launchpad</a> a <a href="https://launchpad.net/~andol" rel="nofollow">kind soul</a> offered a great solution for me. He maintains a <a href="https://launchpad.net/~rdiff-backup-pkgs/+archive/ppa" rel="nofollow">PPA</a> where there is a common version (usually the latest) of rdiff-backup for all releases from Gutsy through Jaunty. This is working fine for me. @albinootje

Thanks for the comment. After reporting my results to this existing bug launchpad a kind soul offered a great solution for me. He maintains a PPA where there is a common version (usually the latest) of rdiff-backup for all releases from Gutsy through Jaunty. This is working fine for me.

]]> By: albinootje http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/04/13/rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning/comment-page-1/#comment-10144 albinootje Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:29:11 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2009/04/13/rdiff-backup-and-apt-pinning/#comment-10144 That depends. If you have only Jaunty and Intrepid machines, then I'd rather try to backport rdiff-backup from Jaunty source to an Intrepid package. Sometimes backporting is really easy when the program is rather simple, and the dependencies for the program are minimal. Add the source deb lines for the newer Ubuntu release. Run "sudo apt-get update", and then take a look at "sudo apt-get build-dep rdiff-backup" and "sudo apt-get -b source rdiff-backup". You'll find out whether backporting it is easy or not that easy :) That depends.
If you have only Jaunty and Intrepid machines, then I’d rather try to backport rdiff-backup from Jaunty source to an Intrepid package.
Sometimes backporting is really easy when the program is rather simple, and the dependencies for the program are minimal. Add the source deb lines for the newer Ubuntu release. Run “sudo apt-get update”, and then take a look at “sudo apt-get build-dep rdiff-backup” and “sudo apt-get -b source rdiff-backup”. You’ll find out whether backporting it is easy or not that easy :)

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