the rsync code currently does things like: #ifdef HAVE_UTIMES <do utimes stuff> #elif defined HAVE_UTIME <do utime stuff> #else fail! #endif the problem here is when rsync detects the utimes function. the older utime code is ifdef-ed away so it isnt available at runtime. that means rsync will only be runtime usable on newer systems. if you take a recent glibc and compile it against recent kernel headers, you get a C library that supports both utimes and utime, and will run fine regardless of the kernel. if it supports utimes(), glibc will return the expected values. if it doesnt, glibc will return ENOSYS. what i'm proposing is decoupling of the #if logic so that it isnt an if;else: #ifdef HAVE_UTIMES <do utimes stuff and return if successful> #endif #ifdef HAVE_UTIME <do utime stuff and return if successful> #endif <return failure> -mike -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 827 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.samba.org/archive/rsync/attachments/20080421/79b26a06/attachment.bin