Re: [rdiff-backup-users] more strangeness with 0.12.1

[Dave Steinberg]

>>>>>> "RW" == Robert Weber <address@hidden>
>>>>>> wrote the following on Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:01:01 -0600
> 
> RW> On a solaris system, rdiff-backup builds/installs fine but when
> RW> I run rdiff-backup -V I get:
> 
> RW> /usr/local/python/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rdiff_backup/C.so:
> RW> symbol minor: referenced symbol not found
> 
> The problem seems to have something to do with extracting device
> numbers.  Right now there is a line:
> 
>      int minor_num = (int)(minor(devnums));
> 
> which I suppose could be replaced with the way it used to be:
> 
>      int minor_num = (int)(devnums & 0xff);
> 
> However, since it compiled fine the new way should work.  Perhaps if
> you recompiled python, and then made sure that rdiff-backup gets built
> with the same python that will be running it?

The new way is the preferred way on OpenBSD to do it, to the point where the
original port (that I maintain a private copy of) included a patch the do
exactly the above.  I imagine omitting it wouldn't play nicely on mixed
endian and 32 vs 64 bit machines.  But that¹s just my own fud.  I can always
patch my private copy.

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Dave Steinberg
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