rsync - Apr 2002 - [PATCH] --soften-links option (fwd from md@Linux.IT) Re: rsync and debian mirrors

Any thoughts?

I have half a mind to turn it on by default, but I guess it's better
not to.

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On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 06:05:15AM -0700, Martin Pool
wrote:
> Any thoughts?
> 
> I have half a mind to turn it on by default, but I guess it's better
> not to.
I'm not sure what current behaviour is but I'd be inclined to
say that the default behaviour in this case should be to put a
copy of the file at the link location as though --hard-links
hadn't been specified.

If the default behaviour is to fail to create the link the
error message should mention the --soften-links option.

It might be overkill but i would like a warning generated if
with --hard-links turned on a hard link wasn't preserved as
such.
> +dit(bf(--soften-links)) This option transforms cross-device hard links
> +in symlinks.
May i suggest this be more clear, along the lines of
"Convert a hard link to a symbolic link if on the
destination it would have to span filesystems" Along with a
declaration of the default behaviour.


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On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 06:05:15AM -0700, Martin Pool
wrote:
> Any thoughts?
> 
> I have half a mind to turn it on by default, but I guess it's better
> not to.
Looks good to me; I can imagine how this could be useful. I would not turn it
on by default because the default behavior alerts the user to the fact that
file filesystem organization is different, and the user should consciously
choose to have rsync cater for this situation.

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