Looks like rsync got that option in the end as this is what I get from
18.04's version:
# rsync --help | grep copy-devices
--copy-devices copy device contents as regular file
# dpkg -l| grep rsync
ii rsync 3.1.2-2.1ubuntu1.4
amd64 fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
** Changed in: rsync (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/728227
Title:
add --copy-devices option to rsync
Status in rsync package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in rsync package in Fedora:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: rsync
1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System ->
About Ubuntu
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.10
Release: 10.10
2)
$ apt-cache policy rsync
rsync:
Installed: 3.0.7-2ubuntu1
Candidate: 3.0.7-2ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 3.0.7-2ubuntu1 0
500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3) What you expected to happen
I want to be able to copy whole device content as part of backing up kvm
virtual machines, this can be enabled by adding patches/copy-devices.diff from
rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz
4)
$ rsync --copy-devices
rsync: --copy-devices: unknown option
Apparently some one using fedora had the same idea;
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494313
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