Cannot build rsync 3.1.0 on MacOSX 10.8.5 with fileflags patch

[Robert DuToit]

Hi Tony,

I got 3.1 to build all right on OS X but it won't run without stalling and lots of errors. Is it working for you or anyone else yet or have the problems come to light?

Best,  Rob





On Oct 11, 2013, at 7:06 PM, Anthony Morton <amorton at fastmail.fm> wrote:

>> However, attempting to build the new 3.1.0 release on a brand new Mountain Lion box with my standard 'fileflags' and 'crtimes' patches applied, make fails, reporting that 'force_change' is undeclared.
> 
> Scott Lasley suggested a workaround for this: apply the 'hfs-compression' patch in addition to 'fileflags' and 'crimes' and everything works.
> 
> 	patch -p1 <patches/fileflags.diff
> 	patch -p1 <patches/crtimes.diff
> 	patch -p1 <patches/hfs-compression.diff
> 	./prepare-source
> 	./configure
> 	make
> 	sudo make install
> 
> Evidently what was missing was a declaration for the force-change flag in main.c: the latter patch adds it.
> 
> Looks like hfs-compression is a good patch to recommend for use on OS X installations in any case.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tony M.
> 
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