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[Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Hi,

16.04 comes with a new version of unison, which is great.

Unfortunately, it comes just with that new version, not older ones.
Unison can synchronize only with precisely the same version on the peer,
not interact with others. Therefore a 16.04 machine cannot sync to any
older linux (ubuntu,debian,...), especially not to servers running
14.04.

Older versions of ubuntu therefore came with different versions of
unison, i.e. at least the version of the last LTS version to keep it
functional and to have new clients work with older (but still supported)
LTS servers.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: unison 2.48.3-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sun Apr 10 10:20:04 2016
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6-20160405-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu2
 libgcc1 1:6-20160405-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: unison
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-06 (4 days ago)

** Affects: unison (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial

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Title:
  unison incompatible with older ubuntu/debian versions

Status in unison package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  16.04 comes with a new version of unison, which is great.

  Unfortunately, it comes just with that new version, not older ones.
  Unison can synchronize only with precisely the same version on the
  peer, not interact with others. Therefore a 16.04 machine cannot sync
  to any older linux (ubuntu,debian,...), especially not to servers
  running 14.04.

  Older versions of ubuntu therefore came with different versions of
  unison, i.e. at least the version of the last LTS version to keep it
  functional and to have new clients work with older (but still
  supported) LTS servers.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: unison 2.48.3-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-18.34-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-18-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Sun Apr 10 10:20:04 2016
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6-20160405-0ubuntu1
   libc6 2.23-0ubuntu2
   libgcc1 1:6-20160405-0ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: unison
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-06 (4 days ago)

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