Date: Sun, 04 Aug 1996 00:20:57 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@FreeBSD.org> To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: rdist to freefall - fails with: version numbers don't match Message-ID: <199608032220.AAA23680@vector.jhs.no_domain> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 03 Aug 1996 21:54:39 %2B0200." <199608031954.VAA19947@vector.jhs.no_domain>
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Hi, Reference my own previous: > Running `rdist' from my home box ... > to freefall ... > Fails like this: ... > my same home box to 2 other boxes out on the net Succeed: ... Solution (Sigh ;-) My .cshrc was emitting a line (actually a printenv of a CVS var), ... that was enough to upset rdist. I discovered this after xxgdb said socket fail or some such; perhaps a rather unobvious error message for a normal user, & one we could improve on, but I feel silly not spotting it straight off ! Who's guarding the conical cap ? ... my turn for a short while :-) Here's a patch to apply, hopefully it's acceptable ? *** old/src/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 Sat Aug 3 23:55:31 1996 --- new/src/usr.bin/rdist/rdist.1 Sun Aug 4 00:15:02 1996 *************** *** 411,413 **** --- 411,438 ---- There should be a `force' option to allow replacement of non-empty directories by regular files or symlinks. A means of updating file modes and owners of otherwise identical files is also needed. + .Pp + .Nm Rdist + relies on + .Nm rsh(1) + type remote services executing succesfully & in silence. + If you try something like + .Bd -literal -offset indent + rsh freefall.freebsd.org hostname + .Ed + .sp + & get extra output before the program ( + .Nm hostname(1) + ) output, such as + .Bd -literal -offset indent + Text_perhaps_initiated_from_~/.cshrc_or_similar + freefall.freebsd.org + .Ed + .sp + then the unexpected extra text will cause + .Nm rdist + to fail with the (obscure) error message: + .Bd -literal -offset indent + rdist: connection failed: version numbers don't match + .Ed + .sp Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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