rsync now works with Python 2.5 and 2.6 (not just 2.7)

bin/weeutil/rsyncupload.py

@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ class RsyncUpload(object):
         cmd.extend([rsyncremotespec])
         
         try:
-            syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "rsyncupload: rsync invocation: %s" % " ".join(cmd))
-            output = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
-            stroutput = output.encode("utf-8")
+            rsynccmd = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        
+            stdout = rsynccmd.communicate()[0]
+            stroutput = stdout.encode("utf-8")
             syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_DEBUG, "rsyncupload: rsync reported:\n%s" % stroutput)
         except OSError, e:
             if e.errno == errno.ENOENT:

docs/changes.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ weewx change history
 Fixed bug that prevented Fine Offset stations from downloading archive
 records if the archive database had no records in it.
 
+rsync should now work with Python 2.5 and 2.6 (not just 2.7)
+
 
 2.3.0 04/10/13