Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: rsync 3.0.9-1 -- fast, versatile file synchronizing tool

[Frank Fesevur <ffes at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

2014-06-17 14:16 GMT+02:00 Frank Fesevur:
> 2014-06-17 10:57 GMT+02:00 Jari Aalto:
>> PACKAGE DESCRIPTION
>> ===================
>>
>> Homepage: http://freecode.com/projects/rsync
>> License : GPL-3+
>>
>> Fast and versatile file-copying tool which can copy locally and
>> to/from a remote host. It offers many options to control its behavior,
>> and its remote-update protocol can minimize network traffic to make
>> transferring updates between machines fast and efficient. It is widely
>> used for backups and mirroring and as an improved copy command for
>> everyday use.
>
> Jari, you announced 3.0.9-1 which was the version already available,
> but you uploaded 3.1.0-1. I assume a copy-paste error.
>
> Did you know that 3.1.0 has performance issues on cygwin? See almost
> at the bottom of the "BUG FIXED" at
> http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src-previews/rsync-3.1.1pre2-NEWS
>
> I tried to build rsync a while ago myself using cygport (I even
> considered to ITA when 3.1.1 would be final). But when I ran "cygport
> test" 6 test (batch-mode, chmod-option, exclude, hands, itemize and
> symlink-ignore) fail with timeouts.
>
> The 3.1.1pre1 fixes these issues. All the test that fail with 3.1.0
> pass with 3.1.1pre1. I haven't tried to test your version.
>
> And why is http://freecode.com/projects/rsync mentioned as homepage
> and not http://rsync.samba.org/?
>
> Regards,
> Frank

Jari,

Any news on the stability-issues in rsync 3.1.0?
3.1.1 has been released a week ago. 3.1.1 passes all the test.

If you are interested, this is my cygport-file:
https://github.com/ffes/cygwin-pkgs/blob/master/rsync/rsync.cygport

Regards,
Frank

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