> [mode, owner, group, times differences]
> I can understand that some of these things would *always* be different,
> but why would the differences change from run to run or rdist?

Sorry, no ideas on that at the moment.

> [linux smbfs similarity...]  I'd be curious to know which
> > file attribute causes rsync to decide an update is needed.
> 
> Me too.  How would I find out?

Looks like you found that with the "-D" option.

> >> Is there a mount or config option that might be effecting this?
> >>
> >> Should I just file a bug?
> > 
> > There's an RFE for the Unix extensions, if that turns out to
> > be what bothers rsync.  That CR is:  6647762
> 
> So these Unix extensions are something that Windows XP already
> supports, but the client side support for them in smbfs is missing?

No, I don't believe Windows supports the Unix extensions,
so with a Windows server, Unix extensions are irrelevant.
Sorry I didn't remember the server was Windows.

> > Could you please run rsync with --verbose and try to find out
> > exactly which file attribute is causing false compares?

And I was reading "rsync" when you wrote "rdist"  Oops.

> There is a -D option, will that provide the needed information?
> I'll try it...

Sounds good.


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