-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mark Fowler wrote: > > On 29 Sep 2007, at 14:31, Chris Devers wrote: > >> The system is already bundled with this: >> >> $ /usr/bin/rsync --version | head -1 >> rsync version 2.6.3 protocol version 28 > > I know it's bad taste to complain about other's hate, but this is > because rsyncx is quite old now. The version of rsync that *used* to > ship with Mac OS X didn't have the ability to sync mac meta-info, so > rsyncX shipped it's own binary that did. > > This makes it no less hateful to silently slap it into the path than > keeping it in the app bundle though. That will break things (as shown) > when the system starts shipping a new binary too...
If I've learned anything from working on Fink, it's that /usr/local should be considered harmful. :) Every 3rd-party piece of crap assumes it's OK to install in there, and it always confuses people who expect other behaviors from system-supplied software. Not to mention it's in gcc's default compiler path, and can't be removed >from it. Hey, you installed your own special super-spiffy vectorizing version of GCC in /usr/local? OH! You get symbol errors if you try to use Apple's GCC in many common situations. Sorry about that. - -- Benjamin Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick Fink, KDE, and Mac OS X development http://www.racoonfink.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG/70zUu+jZtP2Zf4RAj9CAJ9S/TwGLMaGFv9PddNCfM7fCaNGlACfSV6V hCFMyfP9a2/TcVTy1WBRKzU= =uwB0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
