OK. Didn't see anything about this in the archives, other than an old post from 2000 about a similar problem, so here goes. Feel free to contact me if I can provide anything else useful.
Problem: -------- Major numbers on 64bit Solaris are being dropped, and created as 0 on recieving end. 32bit version works perfectly. Environment: ------------ Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 (haven't tried any other 64bit OSes) SunPRO cc CFLAGS = -xO2 CFLAGS += -xarch=v9 (turns on 64 bit compile) Configure: ---------- ./configure --enable-debug=no Build: ------ gmake Run: ---- ./rsync -av /devices/pseudo/ /tmp/foo Symptoms: --------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l /devices/pseudo/ total 0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 44, 0 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:arp crw------- 1 root sys 11, 202 Mar 30 19:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:bge crw------- 1 root sys 11, 8 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:eri crw------- 1 root sys 11, 7 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:hme crw------- 1 root sys 11, 40 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:le crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 11, 107 Mar 30 19:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:llc1 crw------- 1 root sys 11, 4 Mar 30 19:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:logindmux crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 11, 23 Mar 30 19:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ptmx crw--w---- 1 root tty 0, 0 Apr 8 12:49 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:console crw--w---- 1 root tty 0, 0 Apr 7 16:32 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:syscon crw--w---- 1 root tty 0, 0 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:systty ---snip--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l /tmp/foo/ total 0 crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 0, 0 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:arp crw------- 1 root sys 0, 202 Mar 30 19:48 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:bge crw------- 1 root sys 0, 8 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:eri crw------- 1 root sys 0, 7 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:hme crw------- 1 root sys 0, 40 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:le crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 0, 107 Mar 30 19:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:llc1 crw------- 1 root sys 0, 4 Mar 30 19:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:logindmux crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 0, 23 Mar 30 19:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:ptmx crw--w---- 1 root tty 0, 0 Apr 8 12:49 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:console crw--w---- 1 root tty 0, 0 Apr 7 16:32 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:syscon crw--w---- 1 root tty 0, 0 Mar 30 19:30 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:systty ---snip--- Version/Compile info: --------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] rsync --version rsync version 2.6.0 protocol version 27 Copyright (C) 1996-2004 by Andrew Tridgell and others <http://rsync.samba.org/> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, no IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums Thanks Tom Williams > twilliams > at > corio > dot > com -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html