compiling static binaries

these commands to get a static binary: cp /usr/lib/libacl.a . gcc -static -O2 -Wall -static-libgcc -W -o rsync $(find . -name '*.o') libacl.a strip rsync And the resulting binary works fine on an ancient (2008) machine. # Han -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting t

.plan to avoid unhappy users

. Btw I am not subscribed to this list, and I am not involved in rsync development. I hope you like my idea. You don't have to cc me or anything, just to let you know. Groetjes, Han. -- #!/bin/perl -sp0777i

Rsync and unix sockets or named pipes

corrects this behaviour. Cheers, Han Holl (who is not subscribed at the moment). --- generator.c.origTue May 15 13:16:51 2001 +++ generator.c Tue May 15 13:19:37 2001 @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ if (am_root && preserve_devices && IS_DEVICE(file->mode)) {