[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/29/2007 01:25:06 PM: > Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/29/2007 12:35:29 PM: > > > That's not the stock rsync package for RHEL4. The changed behavior of > > rsync has been discussed on the list before in the context of distros > > that include it: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04181.html
And the *very* next e-mail says that this is fixed in 3.0beta3. That's what I'm running... http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04205.html > > Or, you could put the stock package back - the RHEL guys get some of > > this stuff right... > > Well, the rsync package for RHEL4 didn't work, and *then* I upgraded to > a standard rsync package. It's not like I randomly go around adding > non-standard packages... For compleness, I have installed the following RPM instead: rsync-2.6.3-1.i386.rpm I've started a full backup. We'll see if it makes a difference. However, I believe that was the previous version that had problems *before* I upgraded... > And wasn't the "change to -D and add --specials" supposed to not be > needed in BackupPC 3.0? That's what I'm running... I've checked: here is my config.pl: $Conf{RsyncArgs} = [ # # Do not edit these! # '--numeric-ids', '--perms', '--owner', '--group', '-D', '--links', '--hard-links', '--times', '--block-size=2048', '--recursive', So this should not be an issue. Am I missing something? Tim Massey ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/