Is "rsync 3.0.9" supported on older linux system running with 2.6.10 linux kernel.

Gauri Senad gauri.senad at gmail.com
Tue Jan 29 14:47:23 MST 2013


Thanks for answer. I will try to compile source.

Gauri

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Kevin Korb <kmk at sanitarium.net> wrote:

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> Rsync doesn't really care about the kernel.  What really matters is if
> you can find a package for whatever version of whatever distro you are
> on or can you compile it from source yourself.
>
> On 01/29/13 16:24, Gauri Senad wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am new to usage of this mailing list, I have was going through
> > some of the archives to see if my question is addressed already but
> > I could find it. I could see mostly people are discussing about
> > issues with rsync. My query is not much related with issues with
> > rsync but it is related to compatibility of latest version of rsync
> > with older version of linux.
> >
> > I have two systems with linux kernel version one with 2.6.10 and
> > one with 2.6.14. both of those system use rsync version "2.6.8". I
> > am right now checking the feasibility of porting newer or latest
> > version of rsync on the system with "linux2.6.10" and "linux
> > 2.6.14".
> >
> > Is "rsync 3.0.9" supported on older version of linux?
> >
> >
> >
> > linux version details:- 2.6.14-pne #1 SMP Wed Sep 19 16:54:42 EDT
> > 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux rsync version:- rsync  version 2.6.8
> > protocol version 29 Copyright (C) 1996-2006 by Andrew Tridgell,
> > Wayne Davison, and others. <http://rsync.samba.org/> Capabilities:
> > 64-bit files, no socketpairs, hard links, ACLs, no xattrs,
> > symlinks, batchfiles, inplace, IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit
> > internal inums
> >
> >
> > Thanks and regards, Gauri.
> >
> >
>
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