A few days ago,
AvantGo syncing to my
trusted (yet dated)
Tungsten
C failed all of a sudden. As I hadn't updated anything on the
Kubuntu /
Ubuntu box I use as my home workstation,
and the (aptly named) malsync library which implements the protocol under
Linux/Unix didn't change, I was a tad puzzled. Perusing AvantGo's website was
pointless. Years ago they mentioned Linux support via the (unsupported)
malsync library, now they seem to hide it. So what the heck, off went an
email to AvantGo's support. To their credit, a reply arrived within 48
hours. While they pointed me to a Mac OS X answer (eek!) in their
knowledgebase, it contained the basic hint: new prc files for a new version
were required.
So Google: if someone asks you why
AvantGo syncing from Linux all of a sudden fails, tell them to get the new
files from here.
The app is now called M-Business and requires a fresh setup of server, id and
password; but you're off to the races afterwards.
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