rsync - Apr 2006 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 3740] New: --delete with -a failes with warning (though -a is supposed to imply -r)

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3740

           Summary: --delete with -a failes with warning (though -a is
                    supposed to imply -r)
           Product: rsync
           Version: 2.6.8
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: imorgan@webcon.ca
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


After upgrade to 2.6.8:
> rsync: --delete does not work without -r or -d.
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1231) [client=2.6.8]
Actual command line us using --delete and -a. -a is supposed to mean -rlptgoD.
Many existing scripts broken by this, all needing a fix, but not clear what
best fix is. Should I be adding -r to the command line, even though -a already
implies it!?

I think that --delete with -a should _not_ be causing this failure.


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wayned@samba.org changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |ASSIGNED




------- Comment #1 from wayned@samba.org  2006-04-28 15:06 MST -------
Please specify more information for how you saw this problem.


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------- Comment #2 from imorgan@webcon.ca  2006-04-28 15:11 MST -------
One sample command from script is:

rsync --size-only -a -z --partial -L --delete \
    --exclude-from=excludefile \
    $srcHostDir \
    $destDir

The emailed output from the cron job contains only:
> rsync: --delete does not work without -r or -d.
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1231) [client=2.6.8]

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wayned@samba.org changed:

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED




------- Comment #3 from wayned@samba.org  2006-04-28 15:22 MST -------
I can't duplicate the problem, nor can I see in the code how this could
happen.
 Do you have any popt aliases defined?  Are you using a tweaked version (e.g.
one packaged by an OS distributor)?


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             Status|RESOLVED                    |REOPENED
         Resolution|FIXED                       |




------- Comment #4 from wayned@samba.org  2006-04-28 15:24 MST -------
I can't duplicate the problem, nor can I see in the code how this could
happen.
 Do you have any popt aliases defined?  Are you using a tweaked version (e.g.
one packaged by an OS distributor)?


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imorgan@webcon.ca changed:

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #5 from imorgan@webcon.ca  2006-04-28 15:42 MST -------
Silly me. Found the problem. Out of the 20+ instances of rsync in the script,
only 1 didn't have -a, but still had --delete. So it's our fault (kind
of).


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