Lapo Luchini wrote: > Linda Walsh wrote: >> However the local rsync was build without the external attribute support. > > Yes, configure fails to detect it, with the following error: > > configure:8048: checking for __facl
No, sorry about the noise, that has nothing to do with xattrs, it's the previous test; also __facl may not found, but _facl is found indeed. The real reason is the following test: configure:8272: checking whether to support extended attributes configure:8321: result: No extended attribute support found ...well, judging from configure lines 8272-8321 it seems rsync xattr support is only available in linux, darwin and freebsd. So, yes, that isn't "activating a switch" but rater "write a feature", which could be easy or difficult - I don't know enough about it right now to be the judge of that; definitely needs some more RTFM regarding xattrs on my side (and that needs time, which I have little on my hands, right now). As usual, the PTC principle applies there to have results faster. http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC -- Lapo Luchini - http://lapo.it/ “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” (Ken Olson, founder of DEC, 1977)
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