DO NOT REPLY [Bug 5867] New: rsync with ACLs resets mtime on targets

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https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5867

           Summary: rsync with ACLs resets mtime on targets
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.4
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: FreeBSD
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: samba at byshenk.net
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


On FreeBSD (v6 and v7), rsync (v3.0.4) with the extented ACLs patch has a
problem.

The ACLs flag works, but when it is used, the mtime of the files on on the
receiving system are set to the current time.  This is a bit annoying in
itself, but creates a larger problem because any later rsync actions on the
same files see the files as _different_, meaning that _all_ the files are
recopied -- which more or less defeats the purpose of using rsync.

Yes, I understand that setting ACLs on a file changes the mtime of the file. 
But, as rsync is able to (re)set mtimes I would think that this shouldn't
should be an issue when using rsync.

After some searching around, I found some discussion (relating to Macs,
actually) that suggests that the problem is that with the ACLs patch enabled,
rsync modifies the ACLs on the target files _after_ setting the mtime, which
seems to me (at least) to be a bug.


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