I am not arguing about the behaviour, which is correct and apparently hasn't changed. I'm complaining about the unannounced change in message from "is uptodate" to "is newer".
Three problems: 1. The message "is newer" is an unannounced change from all previous versions of rsync that say "is uptodate". My scripts that look for "is newer" are all broken, because now every file is flagged as newer, even when the file is not newer. 2. I expect that a name flagged as "is newer" will be transferred when I remove the --update option, and that does not happen because the file is *NOT* newer; the message is wrong and no transfer happens. 3. The message changes with and without the --update option. If rsync says "is uptodate" without the --update option, why does that change to "is newer" when you add the option? Either the file is newer *OR* it is uptodate; it can't be both. Adding the --update option should not change "is uptodate" to "is newer". It is not newer; don't say it is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965076 Title: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1965076/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
