Re: {bb} client and server versions

[Philip Clark <bblist@cannae.uklinux.net>]

On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 18:25, Andy Moran wrote:
> 
> Do the clients have to be same version as the server?
> 
> I ask because I'd like to upgrade from 1.9 to 1.9i, but we have 2 IRIX
> machines which we don't have access to a compiler for.  Can I leave just
> those two machines using 1.9 and upgrade everyone else, including the
> server, to 1.9i and still have things work?

The short answer is yes. The slightly longer answer is that old clients
with new servers (BBDISPLAY and BBPAGER) shouldn't be a problem. New
clients reporting to old servers might cause difficulties.

Cheers, Phil.



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