rsync - Apr 2011 - [Bug 8057] New: -x negates --force

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8057

           Summary: -x negates --force
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.7
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: samba at liquidbinary.com
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


more specifically, -x inhibits --force from recursively descending a directory
to delete when it is being replaced by a non-directory.  2.6.9 and 3.0.7 on all
platforms I've tested exhibit the same behavior. Mac, linux, OpenBSD. The
following commands produce the error:

rm -rf src dest                                                                 

mkdir src src/sub1 src/sub1/sub1a src/sub2 src/sub2/sub2a                       
rsync -ax src/ dest/                                                            

rm -Rf src/sub2                                                                 
ln -s sub1 src/sub2                                                             
rsync  --force -ax src/ dest/

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Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |DUPLICATE

--- Comment #1 from Wayne Davison <wayned at samba.org> 2011-04-04
16:58:29 UTC ---


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7953 ***

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--- Comment #2 from ED Fochler <samba at liquidbinary.com> 2011-04-04
18:24:51 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 7953 ***
Wow.  You are correct sir.  This is fixed in 3.0.8.  Shame on me.

     Thank you very much.

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