On Mac OS X 10.5.2 I run rsync to keep a couple of instances of my /
usr/local tree in sync. With Apple's rsync I run (e.g.):
sudo /usr/bin/rsync --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync -E --progress -avu --
delete --dry-run --exclude=TeXLive-working-copy/ --exclude=context-
update/ --exclude=.Spotlight-V100/ --exclude=.fseventsd/ \
-e "ssh -i /Users/gerben/.ssh/id_rsync -l root" \
""/usr/local/gwTeX-new/ \
vanroodewierda::usrlocal/gwTeX-new/
I installed rsync 3.0.2 recently to try out if I can get rid of th
efact that Apple's rsync syncs metadata even if they have not changed,
So i installed it on source and destination machine, On the
destination machine, my ssh authorized_keys contains
command="/usr/bin/rsync --server --daemon .",no-port-forwarding,no-X11-
forwarding,no-agent-forwarding ssh-dss etc. etc.
which I change to
command="/usr/local/bin/rsync --server --daemon .",no-port-
forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding ssh-dss
if I want to run the new rsync. On the client I then run
sudo /usr/local/bin/rsync --rsync-path=/usr/local/bin/rsync -H -A -X -
e ssh -avu --progress --delete --dry-run --exclude=TeXLive-working-
copy/ --exclude=context-update/ --exclude=.Spotlight-V100/ --
exclude=.fseventsd/ \
-e "ssh -i /Users/gerben/.ssh/id_rsync -l root" \
""/usr/local/gwTeX-new/ \
vanroodewierda::usrlocal/gwTeX-new/
The result of this was that rsync started to sync symlinks that were
unchanged and what is worse it damaged them in the process:
On source and destination machine to start with:
hedwig:~ gerben$ ls -l /usr/local/gwTeX-new/bin/powerpc-darwin/mex
lrwxrwxrwx 1 501 staff 6 May 19 01:55 /usr/local/gwTeX-new/bin/
powerpc-darwin/mex -> pdftex
After running rsync 3.02 on the target machine:
bash-3.2# ls -l /usr/local/gwTeX-new/bin/powerpc-darwin/mex
lrwxrwxrwx 1 sysbh staff 21 May 19 01:55 /usr/local/gwTeX-new/bin/
powerpc-darwin/mex -> /rsyncd-munged/pdftex
After repairing with stock Mac OS X rsync:
bash-3.2# ls -l /usr/local/gwTeX-new/bin/powerpc-darwin/mex
lrwxrwxrwx 1 sysbh staff 6 May 24 14:31 /usr/local/gwTeX-new/bin/
powerpc-darwin/mex -> pdftex
This looks like a bug to me.
G
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