[BackupPC-users] File::RsyncP and recent versions of rsync.

[Keri A. <ker...@gm...>]

We are seeing a variety of problems between a BackupPC server (2.1.2)
and rsyncd (2.6.3, 2.6.6 etc.) on the clients. Restores seem to work
like normal for over 45 min or an hour and then the rsyncd process
seems to stop receiving any more data from errors like these according
to the rsyncd.log:

Connection timed out (110)

From "perldoc File::RsyncP" version 0.52 of this Perl module is
compatible with rsync 2.5.5 (protocol version 26). This seems to be a
bit old by today's standards. Does anyone know if there are any plans
to update RsyncP soon so that it can take advantage of the new
enhancements and bug fixes included in more recent versions of rsync?

I get the feeling that rsync keeps advancing but RsyncP is a bit
frozen in time. Does anyone know for sure if there are any
compatibility issues between RsyncP and modern versions of rsync on
the clients?

Thanks much.