I'm 99% sure there is a bug in rsync when running in daemon mode on a
'remote' server. The bug is that when trying to rsync a sym-link, the
daemon 'leg' of the code strips off the leading path separator (for linux,
this would be a '/'). I have produced a 'fixed' version of the code and
we have been using it for at least 6 months. We've also used the same
code to rsync sym-links in 'non-daemon mode' and it appears to work fine.
Although I'm pretty certain of the fix for daemon rsync, I am unsure if my
fix affects non-daemon operation..... At any rate, for your
consideration, here is the description of the fix:
flist.c:63 add: extern int am_daemon;
flist.c:531 (was 530) modify: if (sanitize_paths && !am_daemon) {
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Kirby Bakken
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Rochester, MN
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......one more straw can't possibly matter....
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