On 2 Apr 2002, Mark Santcroos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I reported a while back rsync doesn't handle metadata (permissions and > ownership) in dryrun mode. > > I offered to make a patch and that offer still stands. I didn't have the > time for it until now and want to pick it up again. I had some ugly hack > back then but I want to redo it in a clean way. > > I would like some input on my thoughts. >
> IMHO, it would be ideally if the check for dry_run would be pushed down as > far as possible. That would be in the syscall wrapper functions if I am > correct. I haven't looked at it in detail, but yes, that sounds reasonable. I agree that it should be fixed. Please try to write a test script for this while you're there, either as a standalone shell script or integrated with 'make check'. Thanks, -- Martin -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
