Re: Version weirdness

Robert Nichols <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Jan 2023 19:00:34 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.rdiff-backup.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I cannot find any command called "pip", nor any package that includes such a command.

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Bob Nichols     "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address.
                 Do NOT delete it.On 1/3/23 3:24 PM, EricZolf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it might make sense to check what 'pip list' tells you, once called as root, once as normal user. Calling 'pip remove rdiff-backup' (without pressing y) would even tell you where the files are. Also, calling 'hash -r' makes sure that you're not using the wrong binary.
> 
> KR. Eric
> 
> On January 3, 2023 6:53:22 PM UTC, Alvin Starr via Any discussion of rdiff-backup <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 2023-01-03 13:49, Robert Nichols wrote:
>>> On 1/3/23 11:44 AM, Robert Nichols wrote:
>>>> I have one rdiff-backup installation for which "rdiff-backup --version" reports "rdiff-backup 2.2.0" and another which reports "rdiff-backup 2.2.2". The problem:
>>>>
>>>>       1. On both systems, "rpm -q rdiff-backup" reports "rdiff-backup-2.2.2-1.el8.x86_64".
>>>>       2. On both systems, "rpm -V rdiff-backup" does not detect any changes in the installed files.
>>>>       3. The md5sum checksums for all of the files listed by "rpm -ql rdiff-backup" match between systems.
>>>>       4. Both systems are running Rocky Linux 8.7, fully updated.
>>>>
>>>> The system reporting "2.2.2" is a virtual machine. The one reporting "2.2.0" is a new installation running on the bare iron.
>>>>
>>>> If you have any idea about what might be happening, I'd like to hear about it. If you have no clue, welcome to the club.
>>>
>>> Ahh yes, I neglected to mention that on both systems "which rdiff-backup" reports "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", and explicitly running "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup --version" reports the same as what I posted above.
>>>
>> Well if rdiff-backup --version responds with a result different from /usr/bin/rdiff-backup --version then there is another rdiff-backup installed somewhere.
>> Check your bash aliases.