I see your point; my suggestion here is to file a bug upstream with your findings:
https://github.com/WayneD/rsync/issues I don't think this should be tackled on the Ubuntu side, especially given that the issue is really minor and unlikely to affect a significant amount of users. As you say what changed is a double- verbosity info message with no promise of stability, the actual behavior of rsync is correct. If you file a bug upstream please mention it here, we'll track it and once fixed we'll consider applying the fix to the supported Ubuntu releases. Thanks! ** Changed in: rsync (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: rsync (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965076 Title: rsync --update incorrectly reports file "is newer" than itself To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1965076/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs