I noticed that rsync is happy to hard-link a device node from a --link-dest dir even if its mtime differs from that of the source device node and --times is given. Is this behavior expected? It seems to break the rule that a difference in preserved attributes disqualifies a hard link.
To see the behavior, run the following as root: mkdir src dest basis mknod src/null c 1 3 sleep 1 mknod basis/null c 1 3 rsync -a -ii --link-dest=../basis/ src/ dest/ find . -ls stat src/null dest/null Rsync produces the following very bogus-looking itemize output: .d ./ hD..t...... null Matt -- To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
