Okay, are we CERTAIN there's no --drop-cache option in 3.0.7? Our tech support folks at the source-machine web host claim:<div><br></div><div>"""</div><div><meta charset="utf-8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; ">The server your account is on is using standard <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">rsync</span> version 3.0.7. There have been no patches or changes made to the <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">rsync</span>version and it's the same across our shared servers. Is it possible that something changed on the remote server?<br>
</span>"""</div><div><br></div><div>So I'm not sure what to look at next. Is there an easy way to install version X.Y.Z of rsync on a debian system?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Wayne Davison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wayned@samba.org">wayned@samba.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:44 AM, will trillich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:will@serensoft.com" target="_blank">will@serensoft.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="gmail_quote">rsync: on remote machine: --drop-cache: unknown option</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>That is not an official rsync option, so check the patches that were applied. It shouldn't send the option to the other rsync without you using --drop-cache, so either the patch is bogus, or you have a script and/or popt macro that is turning it on.</div>
<div><br></div></div><font color="#888888">..wayne..<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-- <br>will trillich -- <a href="http://faq.serensoft.com/" target="_blank">http://faq.serensoft.com/</a><br>"The truth is that many people set rules to keep <br>
from making decisions." -- Mike Krzyzewski<br>
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