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[Marc Wouts <1875475@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Unison from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (version unison=2.48.4-4ubuntu1) works well
with a client in exactly the same version, with exactly the same OS.

However, it does not work well with Unison 2.48.4-1ubuntu1 from Ubuntu
18.04, or with Unison on other OSes.

Once the client has determined the files that were updated, when I click on 'Go', the synchronisation fails with a message like this one: 
> Fatal error: 
> Uncaught exception Failure("input_value: ill-formed message")

Sometimes there is the mention "possibly because client and server have
been compiled with different versions of the Ocaml compiler."

I have seen this issues in the following configurations
- 2.48.4-4ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (client) and 2.48.4-1ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (server) => Fails
- 2.48.? on Mac OS X (client) and 2.48.4-4ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (server) => Fails
- 2.48.3 on Windows 7 (client) and 2.48.4-4ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (server) => Fails

Note that the Mac OS and Windows clients were working well with unison
2.48.4-1ubuntu1 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, server).

Maybe my problem could be solved by reverting unison to the version
2.48.4-1ubuntu1 from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Is is possible to do so with `apt
install` on Ubuntu 20.04? Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: unison 2.48.4-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Apr 27 19:18:59 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-16 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
SourcePackage: unison
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-21 (6 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

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Title:
  Unison from Ubuntu 20.04 is incompatible with Unison from Ubuntu
  18.04, Windows or Mac OS X

Status in unison package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Unison from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (version unison=2.48.4-4ubuntu1) works
  well with a client in exactly the same version, with exactly the same
  OS.

  However, it does not work well with Unison 2.48.4-1ubuntu1 from Ubuntu
  18.04, or with Unison on other OSes.

  Once the client has determined the files that were updated, when I click on 'Go', the synchronisation fails with a message like this one: 
  > Fatal error: 
  > Uncaught exception Failure("input_value: ill-formed message")

  Sometimes there is the mention "possibly because client and server
  have been compiled with different versions of the Ocaml compiler."

  I have seen this issues in the following configurations
  - 2.48.4-4ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (client) and 2.48.4-1ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (server) => Fails
  - 2.48.? on Mac OS X (client) and 2.48.4-4ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (server) => Fails
  - 2.48.3 on Windows 7 (client) and 2.48.4-4ubuntu1 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (server) => Fails

  Note that the Mac OS and Windows clients were working well with unison
  2.48.4-1ubuntu1 (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, server).

  Maybe my problem could be solved by reverting unison to the version
  2.48.4-1ubuntu1 from Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Is is possible to do so with
  `apt install` on Ubuntu 20.04? Thanks!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: unison 2.48.4-4ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-26.30-generic 5.4.30
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Apr 27 19:18:59 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-16 (11 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20190210)
  SourcePackage: unison
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-04-21 (6 days ago)

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