https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8856
--- Comment #8 from sylv...@ilm-informatique.fr --- To expand on the previous post : POSIX previously mandated that link() resolve the target (as FreeBSD does), but some systems (including Linux) did not. So in the last standard linkat() was added (with a new parameter) to disambiguate. So if linkat() is available it should be used, it's available at least on FreeBSD >= 8.0 (released 23 July 2010) and on Linux >= 2.6.18 (released 20 September 2006) and glibc >= 2.4. Sources: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/linkat.html http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man2/link.2.html http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man2/linkat.2.html https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=link&sektion=2&manpath=FreeBSD+10.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html I've patched configure.ac and syscall.c of rsync 3.1.1 to use linkat() on my FreeBSD 9.1 system and I haven't have any problems (including with dry run, contrary to the previous post). -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
