rsync - Nov 2006 - Superfluous error msgs: "failed to set times ..."

When rsync'ing to an Ext2 file system (via SSH), then I frequently get
error messages such as "failed to set times ...".  AFAICS, these error
messages are caused by rsync trying to change the time (and permissions,
ownership) of symbolic links, which according to my knowledge is not
possible on Ext2.

Is there any way to get rid of these supposedly superfluous error
messages?

rsync versions in use:

* Client: 2.6.6

* Server: 2.6.8

-- 
Felix E. Klee

On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 12:39:55PM +0100, Felix E. Klee
wrote:
> AFAICS, these error messages are caused by rsync trying to change the
> time (and permissions, ownership) of symbolic links, which according
> to my knowledge is not possible on Ext2.
Since Linux lacks the lutimes() system function, rsync doesn't even try
to set the modify time on a symlink there.  What OS are you running?
> Is there any way to get rid of these supposedly superfluous error
> messages?
You could try something like the attached patch.

..wayne..
-------------- next part --------------
--- rsync.c	8 Oct 2006 22:02:13 -0000	1.197
+++ rsync.c	12 Nov 2006 14:34:23 -0000
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int set_file_attrs(char *fname, struct f
 	if (!(flags & ATTRS_SKIP_MTIME)
 	    && cmp_time(st->st_mtime, file->modtime) != 0) {
 		int ret = set_modtime(fname, file->modtime, st->st_mode);
-		if (ret < 0) {
+		if (ret < 0 && !S_ISLNK(st->st_mode)) {
 			rsyserr(FERROR, errno, "failed to set times on %s",
 				full_fname(fname));
 			return 0;