Re: new release 3.4.0 - critical security release

On Jan 14, 2025, at 16:34, rsync.project wrote:

sorry about the prefix changes in rsync-patches.

No problem; those changes were easy to remove from the fileflags patch.

We're going to be dropping the whole rsync-patches system soon anyway, as it really isn't working well. It was supposed to be a staging area where users would test the patches before being considered for the main release, but we haven't really received any feedback on the patches, so not serving a useful purpose now. I'll probably stop updating it for the next release.

MacPorts has been shipping rsync to users with fileflags.diff since 2008:

#15472 (rsync-3.0.3 should fully preserve Mac OS X metadata)

trac.macports.org

https://trac.macports.org/ticket/15472

How about incorporating that patch into rsync proper, once it's fixed? I don't want to become responsible for maintaining your patches for you.

The other patch discussed in that ticket, crtimes.diff, was already incorporated into rsync in 3.2.3.

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