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How can I get RAIDiator 4.2 to understand xz compression (in newer .deb packages)?
I would like to install a newer deb package on my ReadyNAS Ultra 2 but it fails because Debian Etch doesn't understand xz compression which the newer deb files use. Is there a way of teaching it how to handle that?
Christoph
To make RAIDiator 4 "understand" xz compressed .deb packages you'd need to backport dpkg in at least version 1.16 and also backport the xz-utils package. However that won't help you much since Duplicati also requires a fairly recent version of the Mono framework. To be able to backport that to RAIDiator you'd next need to backport gcc 4.9 because newer Mono versions use functions that are only provided by gcc 4.9 and newer.
So in essence it would really be easier to upgrade your Ultra to RNOS 6. Should work fine, at least does for me on two boxes I use for developing the kernel modules.
-Stefan
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Those packages may not work due to other dependencies etc.
Backporting packages can be done but whether it's worth the effort is another question.
You'd probably find that you'd be better off backing up your data and upgrading to our latest firmware 6.6.0 (though unsupported on your NAS) which uses Debian Jessie.
The switch to OS6 does require a factory default.
Hm, I have avoided upgrading do OS6 based on the rule "never change a running system" and because it is not supported which means I fill find myself googling and browsing through this forum in order to get stuff running again. Are you suggesting that OS6 is basically running without problems on the Ultra machines?
I'll mention the package that I'm talking about because it is actually very a very interesting one for many people: http://www.duplicati.com/download
Maybe someone with the necessary skills is willing to adapt it to Debian Etch or create a RAIDiator addon?
To make RAIDiator 4 "understand" xz compressed .deb packages you'd need to backport dpkg in at least version 1.16 and also backport the xz-utils package. However that won't help you much since Duplicati also requires a fairly recent version of the Mono framework. To be able to backport that to RAIDiator you'd next need to backport gcc 4.9 because newer Mono versions use functions that are only provided by gcc 4.9 and newer.
So in essence it would really be easier to upgrade your Ultra to RNOS 6. Should work fine, at least does for me on two boxes I use for developing the kernel modules.
-Stefan
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