[Bug 12440] make "rsync -N" == "rsync --numeric-ids" ?

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12440

Wayne Davison  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 Resolution|--- |WONTFIX
 Status|REOPENED|RESOLVED

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[Bug 12440] make "rsync -N" == "rsync --numeric-ids" ?

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12440

Harri  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 Status|RESOLVED|REOPENED
 Resolution|WONTFIX |---

--- Comment #4 from Harri  ---
PS: The popt feature is interesting, but I made this suggestion for the benefit
of *all* rsync users. Not to mention that there would be no error message if
the /etc/popt and ~/.popt files are missing and rsync would silently use
--crtimes instead, mapping it to NOOP.

Please reconsider.

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[Bug 12440] make "rsync -N" == "rsync --numeric-ids" ?

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12440

--- Comment #3 from Harri  ---
I have several objections:
* --numeric-ids is in wide use, while there is no --crtimes in rsync yet
* --crtimes is useful only on MacOS, --numeric-ids on all Unix-like platforms.
The 
  probality for someone using --numeric-ids is much higher.
* There is no "n" in "crtimes". The letter was chosen just because it was free. 
  Another char could be used just as easy. But "N" == "numeric"? Thats easy to
  remember.
Of course the --crtimes is a useful option for the MacOS command line users,
but maybe Apple is dropping this feature in their new file system next week.

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[Bug 12440] make "rsync -N" == "rsync --numeric-ids" ?

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12440

Wayne Davison  changed:

   What|Removed |Added

 Resolution|--- |WONTFIX
 Status|NEW |RESOLVED

--- Comment #2 from Wayne Davison  ---
The -N option is the letter that the crtimes patch uses for --crtimes, so I
consider it already allocated.

One thing you can use is the popt (option parsing) library's support for
aliases in both /etc/popt and ~/.popt -- e.g.:

rsync alias -N --numeric-ids
rsync alias -9 -ai --numeric-ids --chmod=o-rwx --omit-link-times

As long as you allocate your hosts with a consistent /etc/popt file, you can
treat the option the same as if it were compiled into the executable.

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[Bug 12440] make "rsync -N" == "rsync --numeric-ids" ?

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12440

--- Comment #1 from Harri  ---
Created attachment 12689
  --> https://bugzilla.samba.org/attachment.cgi?id=12689=edit
proposed patch

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