[Bug 728227] Re: add --copy-devices option to rsync

Fri Oct 27 14:02:05 UTC 2017

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On 2009-04-06T11:07:27+00:00 Jan wrote:

Description of problem:
Can you please add this patch:
  patches/copy-devices.diff
as a part of binary rpm? This patch is already in src.rpm (in patches tar).
This patch allows rsyncing device content, instead of default device special device.
I need this option in my project, which backup systems over network and can rsync device content with only minimal changes.
This change can significatly increase speed of my script, which currently need to copy everything (dd) over network.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rsync-3.0.5-1.fc10.i386

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rsync --copy-devices

Actual results:
rsync: --copy-devices: unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1423) [client=3.0.5]
:-)

Expected results:
Working device rsync copy.

Additional info:
Please, if possible, do this change for F9 and F10 too, not only for rawhide.

To apply this patch, it's enough to add this line after your patches:
  patch -p1 -i patches/copy-devices.diff

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On 2009-05-21T08:36:34+00:00 Jan wrote:

Simo, is there something wrong with this patch?

If not and you are too busy, I can apply it in fedora CVS.

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On 2009-05-21T12:32:41+00:00 Simo wrote:

please feel free to do it, I am a bit busy these days.

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On 2009-05-21T13:02:03+00:00 Fedora wrote:

rsync-3.0.5-2.fc10 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 10.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rsync-3.0.5-2.fc10

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On 2009-05-21T13:10:44+00:00 Fedora wrote:

rsync-3.0.5-2.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/rsync-3.0.5-2.fc11

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On 2009-05-21T13:11:36+00:00 Jan wrote:

Packages built for F-10, F-11 and devel.
Updates submitted.

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On 2009-05-21T23:27:02+00:00 Fedora wrote:

rsync-3.0.5-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update rsync'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F11/FEDORA-2009-5309

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On 2009-05-21T23:30:31+00:00 Fedora wrote:

rsync-3.0.5-2.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update rsync'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F10/FEDORA-2009-5322

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On 2009-06-02T14:18:38+00:00 Fedora wrote:

rsync-3.0.5-2.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.
If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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On 2009-06-02T14:29:25+00:00 Fedora wrote:

rsync-3.0.5-2.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.
If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

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** Changed in: rsync (Fedora)
       Status: Unknown => Fix Released

** Changed in: rsync (Fedora)
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  add --copy-devices option to rsync

Status in rsync package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in rsync package in Fedora:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: rsync

  1) The release of Ubuntu you are using, via 'lsb_release -rd' or System -> About Ubuntu
  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 10.10
  Release:	10.10

  2)
  $ apt-cache policy rsync
  rsync:
    Installed: 3.0.7-2ubuntu1
    Candidate: 3.0.7-2ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 3.0.7-2ubuntu1 0
          500 http://se.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) What you expected to happen
  I want to be able to copy whole device content as part of backing up kvm virtual machines, this can be enabled by adding patches/copy-devices.diff from rsync-patches-3.0.7.tar.gz

  4)
  $ rsync --copy-devices
  rsync: --copy-devices: unknown option

  Apparently some one using fedora had the same idea; https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=494313

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