Packages for rsync 2.6.8 with ACLs

[Dag Wieers]

On Mon, 1 May 2006, Matt McCutchen wrote:

> I have finally made packages for rsync 2.6.8 with ACL support.  You can
> download a prepatched source package and RPMs from here:
> 	http://www.kepreon.com/~matt/myrsync/
> 
> Or you can use this yum repository:
> 	http://www.kepreon.com/~matt/rpm/
> 
> The RPM is called rsync-acl so automatic updating tools will know not to
> toss it in favor of plain rsync, but it "Provides" rsync so other
> packages like rsnapshot will be happy.
> 
> At some point in the future, I will get back to improving the ACL
> support.

Are there any reasons why the rsync with acl support is not appropriate as 
a drop-in replacement for the 'normal' rsync ? 

Kind regards,
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