https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11726
Bug ID: 11726
Summary: --copy-links cause rsync to fail with ancestor symlink
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Product: rsync
Version: 3.1.2
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11726
--- Comment #1 from cyp...@cyphar.com ---
I'm working on writing a patch for this (although this is my first time looking
at the rsync codebase, so it might take a while). I'll ping this thread if I'm
unable to write one.
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You are receiving this
If you specify your target as offsite/backup I think you should specify
your link-dest as
--link-dest=offsite/backup/backup-2016-02-01-0100
...perhaps...
On 02/08/2016 11:10 PM, Sam Holton wrote:
> With the following server config: > > log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log > pid
> file = /var/run/rsyn
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11726
--- Comment #2 from cyp...@cyphar.com ---
It turns out that this issue also happens even when you don't use --copy-link
(albeit a different error):
% rsync -a from to
cannot delete non-empty directory: from/dir/loop
could not make way for new symli
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11726
Wayne Davison changed:
What|Removed |Added
Resolution|--- |WONTFIX
Status|NEW
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11726
--- Comment #4 from cyp...@cyphar.com ---
(In reply to Wayne Davison from comment #3)
> Yes, if you tell rsync to copy the symlinks it does it. If you have one or
> more looping symlinks then you need to exclude them from the copy or not use
> --c
