Re: [Ddclient-support] version mismatch in ddclient 3.7.3 on Debian

[wimpunk <kwd...@sp...>]

Bernd Prager wrote:
> I am experiencing a strange error as of today when I updated from version
> 3.7.0 to version 3.7.3.
> 
> The cache file repeatedly reports version 3.7.0 even when I delete the
> cache file.
> I get a 'program version mismatch' warning and the cache file is ignored. 
> ddclient keeps updating dyndns.org to the point I get blocked due to policy
> violation.
> 
> I was scanning my entire file system because I thought I might have an old
> version lingering around but that seems not the case.
> 
> Any suggestion how I can debug this without hitting dyndns.org and
> violating the update policy?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> -- Bernd
> 

Try to run ddclient in verbose mode by running ddclient -daemon=0
-debug -verbose -noquiet.  It should give you more info on what's
going wrong.  The most recent version of ddclient needs a ddclient
cache directory in /var/cache/ddclient.  So you probably have to make
it and try again.

Kind regards,

wimpunk.