Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup on osx

[aurbain]

Christopher Bort wrote:
> On 06/27/07 14:36, address@hidden (aurbain) wrote:
>
> > I've installed librsync from source and installed rdiff-backup.
> >
> > `which rdiff-backup` says there isnt one.
>
> So the rdiff-backup binary is not in your $PATH.

would you run `which rdiff-backup` and post the path and perhaps the 
contents of the file.  I'd bet its not a binary.
> > If I run python /SystemLibrary/Frameworks......./rdiff-backup it runs 
> > as expected.  Where is the wrapper program that gets invoked by ssh?
>
> Is rdiff-backup really somewhere in /System/Library/Frameworks? That's 
> a very bad place for it to be. You should never put anything in 
> /System in OS X. That's for Apple to put things that relate to the, 
> um, operating system. Either install rdiff-backup in a directory that 
> is in your $PATH or add the directory it's in to your $PATH. I'd 
> suggest using either fink (<http://www.finkproject.org/>) or 
> Darwinports (<http://darwinports.com/>) to install rdiff-backup.
Um, rdiff-backup is a python app which gets installed in the python 
directory when you run `python setup.py install`. 

As my production macs have never seen the internet, this is not an 
option for me.  Would *love* to have a step-by-step for compiling and 
installing from source.