(cw)rsync 3.0.0 incompatible with 2.6.9

[Tevfik Karagülle]

I have now uploaded a new version of cwrsync including plain rsync with
default settings.

https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=69227&package_id=6808
1&release_id=583975

Tev


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt McCutchen [mailto:matt at mattmccutchen.net] 
> Sent: 13. mars 2008 03:39
> To: Mojca Miklavec
> Cc: rsync at lists.samba.org; Tevfik Karagülle; Taco Hoekwater
> Subject: Re: (cw)rsync 3.0.0 incompatible with 2.6.9
> 
> On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 20:57 +0100, Mojca Miklavec wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote:
> > >  3. Have cwRsync 3.0.0 users pass RSYNC_ICONV=- or --no-iconv .
> > 
> > That's what has been suggested by Tevfik Karagülle, but 
> it's ugly as 
> > it cannot be written in a portable way. (One would have to ask for 
> > rsync version first and then fiddle with options.)
> 
> Passing RSYNC_ICONV=- in the environment is portable; it will 
> suppress cwRsync 3.0.0's default iconv option without 
> upsetting other versions of rsync.
> 
> > Someone else has suggested me to use
> >   rsync --protocol=29
> > but I need to test it.
> 
> I tested it and it actually doesn't solve the problem.
> 
> > >  4. Build your own Cygwin rsync (which will have no iconv 
> setting by
> > >  default) and use that instead of cwRsync 3.0.0.
> > 
> > I don't have the slightest idea how to do that (I have 
> tried to build 
> > other programs on windows, but hacking make files is not my 
> strength).
> 
> No makefile hacking should be necessary.  If you were to 
> build your own rsync, it should just involve installing 
> Cygwin (including the necessary compilation tools) using 
> http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe , downloading and extracting 
> the source tarball, and running ./configure && make .
> 
> > 5. Ask the author of cwRsync to do suggestion number 4 (so that 
> > cwrsync would not fail on most servers).
> > 
> > That would be the ideal scenario from what I have heard or 
> learnt in 
> > this thread. If I build cwrsyc for me only, that wil serve noone 
> > except me.
> 
> Yes, it would be best if Tev changed cwRsync officially, but 
> I think it's worth knowing how to build your own Cygwin rsync 
> anyway in case you want to test or use patched versions in the future.
> 
> Matt
>