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Linda Walsh wrote: > However the local rsync was build without the external attribute support. Yes, configure fails to detect it, with the following error: configure:8048: checking for __facl configure:8048: gcc -std=gnu99 -o conftest.exe -O2 -pipe -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wall -W conftest.c -lpopt -liconv >&5 /cygdrive/c/DOCUME~1/SSHD_S~1.000/LOCALS~1/Temp/cc0LUGb0.o:conftest.c:(.text+0x17): undefined reference to `___facl' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > There's even extended attributes on NT. So I can't see why the decision was > made not to include such support from the beginning... > > Reasoning on this? > > Can a new version be compiled with these features in? Not a decision at all: it simply isn't detected as is and so far nobody wrote a patch to have it working... (me included) > I asked about it on the NT list, and I was asked why rsync wasn't using > getextattr/setextattr under cygwin, as they said they were present. What's "the NT list"? Anyways, the reason is nothing more arcane than "configure doesn't detect it". > Should it be a reconfig and recompile? No, more likely a "RTFM regarding facl support in Cygwin" + "write a patch" + reconfig + recompile... -- Lapo Luchini - http://lapo.it/ âWe can factor the number 15 with quantum computers. We can also factor the number 15 with a dog trained to bark three times.â (Robert Harley, sci.crypt, 2001-12-05)
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