Re: Problem with sync on an ARM Mac

On Thu, 2 May 2024 at 22:13, Christophe Leterrier
<[email protected]> wrote:
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> Thank you for your help. I just can't see how to use UNISONLOCALHOSTNAME for my laptop - how do I now what is the host name, how do I set it, and to what value? The paths I use to sync are both local, it's a really simple case:

You don't need to use UNISONLOCALHOSTNAME (which is the name for the
environment variable). It's easier to use the "clientHostName"
preference, which you can just include in your profile configuration.
You can set this preference to any value, the value itself is of no
importance. The preference (and the env var) exists just to provide a
stable value (any value) over an unstable hostname (if that's indeed
the cause of your issue).

> What can happen to something as simple as that? I tried to go to each root via the Go to Folder menu item in the Finder when the error happens, and both are perfectly fine and open their respective folder.

If the issue you're seeing is due to hostname (and we don't know that
yet) then this is a consequence of the way Unison derives the name of
the archive files, even for just a local sync. This will cause
problems if the computer does not have a stable hostname.

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