On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 10:58 +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: > On Thu 11 Oct 2007, Wayne Davison wrote: > > > I've just released rsync 3.0.0pre2, the second pre-release version for > > the upcoming 3.0.0 release. > > > > Please test this out and email the rsync mailing list with any > > questions, comments, bug reports, etc. Thanks! > > One thing that's not 100% clear for me: in the NEWS file you state: > > - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists. This is > an improved version of the prior patch that was available, and it even > supports OS X ACLs. (If you need to have backward compatibility with > old, patched versions of rsync, apply the acls.diff file from the patches > dir.) > > Does applying the acls.diff patch influence the workings of the new > "standard" --acls option, when _not_ talking to an old patched version? > If it doesn't harm the standard working, then it's probably a good idea > for the Debian packaged version to apply the diff at least until this > version of rsync is contained in an official new release of Debian...
By reading the code, I'd answer: no. It seem they just allow rsync to try exchanging this info with versions of the protocol prior 30. Simo. -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html