Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Backwards compatibility

[Gad Abraham]

Andrew Ferguson wrote:
> On Jan 11, 2009, at 8:49 AM, Gad Abraham wrote:
> > I'm interested in using rdiff-backup to backup my home directories in 
> > Ubuntu Hardy to an external drive (not over the network).
> >
> > Are future versions of rdiff-backup guaranteed to be able to read 
> > older backups?
>
> Yes, there is generally an effort to do that. Furthermore, the archives 
> are kept in an open format.
>
> Please see the FAQ entry: "2. Is rdiff-backup backwards compatible?"
> http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/FAQ.html#compatible

Thanks,
Gad