-# see that rdiff-backup has the same version at the source and destination
-sourceversion=`get_version $sourceuser $sourcehost`
-destversion=`get_version $destuser $desthost`
-if [ "$sourceversion" != "$destversion" ]; then
- fatal "rdiff-backup does not have the same version at the source and at the destination."
+if [ "$ignore_version" != "yes" ]; then
+ # see that rdiff-backup has the same version at the source and destination
+ sourceversion=`get_version $sourceuser $sourcehost`
+ destversion=`get_version $destuser $desthost`
+ if [ "$sourceversion" != "$destversion" ]; then
+ fatal "rdiff-backup does not have the same version at the source and at the destination."
+ fi