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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.erols.net!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.accessone.com!news.cstone.net!basement From: pauln@cstone.net (Paul Nguyen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: rdist Date: Sun, 01 Sep 96 14:57:37 GMT Organization: Cornerstone Networks Lines: 19 Message-ID: <50c7eo$nkv@dot.cstone.net> References: <50av8h$s8l@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: basement.cstone.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #2 In article <50av8h$s8l@mozo.cc.purdue.edu>, ajk@schwinger.physics.purdue.edu (Andrew J. Korty) wrote: >In trying to make our newly-installed FreeBSD machine work with our >source-distribution system, I've run into the familiar error from >rdist about a version mismatch. After weeding out all conceivable >causes of this and still getting the error, I've decided that, for >once, the error is correct and they really are using different >versions of the protocol. > >My question is, where can I get source to the old rdist that will >compile under FreeBSD. (I would just try to compile FreeBSD's rdist >for our other machines, but that would get really ugly for some of >them.) > >Thanks ... >ajk Try rdist from ftp://usc.edu/pub/rdist works well and is not setuid. -Paul