Version inconsistent

[diedpigs]

Hi,

I recently tried to install rsync 3.4.1 from tarball rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz.
After installation was completed, I found the version print from command is confusing.

$ rsync --version
rsync  version 3.3.0-12-g5510255f  protocol version 32

It looks like version.h and git-version.h are generated with different versions:

$ cat git-version.h
#define RSYNC_GITVER "v3.3.0-12-g5510255f"

$ cat version.h
#define RSYNC_VERSION "3.4.1"
#define MAINTAINER_TZ_OFFSET -7.0

Steps I used to install rsync 3.4.1:

wget https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz
tar zxvf rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz
cd rsync-3.4.1
./prepare-source fetchgen
./configure --prefix=/share/apps/rsync/3.4.1 
make && make install

I have tried tarballs from the following two links:

• https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz
• https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/releases/download/v3.4.1/rsync-3.4.1.tar.gz

[carenas]

./prepare-source fetchgen

if this step is skipped, does that "fix" the problem in your setup?

[diedpigs]

Hi,

Sorry for taking so long to reply.

Yes, if I skip the ./prepare-source fetchgen step, it will show the version correctly.

$ rsync  
version 3.4.1  protocol version 32