Under FreeBSD, /usr/ports/UPDATING warns:

> This file documents some of the problems you may encounter when upgrading
> your ports.  We try our best to minimize these disruptions, but sometimes
> they are unavoidable.
> 
> You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time
> you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades.
> 
> 20260515:
>   AFFECTS: Users of net/rsync
>   AUTHOR: rodrigo()FreeBSD.org
> 
>   Since rsync 3.4.2, the rsync project removed support for the unmaintained
>   rsync-patches archive. As a consequence options such as File system flags
>   (--fileflags) are not available anymore in default build.

I use rsync for daily local backup from SSD to HDD,
so that in an emergency I should be able to boot from the HDD.
For that I use

--fileflags --force-change

My solution is to lock the rsync port at rsync-3.4.1_7 version,
preventing upgrade to 3.4.2 and further. Is this what you want users to do?
Are there plans to add the --fileflags option again?

Or is there another way to do the same with rsync (not backup|restore)?


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