Re: fileflags
Ryan Carsten Schmidt via rsync <[email protected]> Wed, 20 May 2026 12:41:35 -0500
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--===============8472027771536594943== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-98435402-F196-4B28-B28E-6778CEFDD80C Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-98435402-F196-4B28-B28E-6778CEFDD80C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On May 19, 2026, at 01:39, Andrew Tridgell via rsync wrote: >=20 > One of the problems with the patches archive was we had no idea if > anyone was using it, so its purpose as a staging area for changes to > go into the main release didn't work very well. > Now I know FreeBSD included it I could create a PR for it to go into a > future release as a standard feature. MacPorts has been using the fileflags.diff patch since 2008. It was added to= resolve this bug report: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/15472 We started using crtimes.diff at the same time, until it was merged into the= main sources in rsync 3.2.3. We also used the hfscompression.diff patch since 2012 to resolve this featur= e request: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/35514 but rsync 3.1.3 broke that. I recall discussing that matter with rsync devel= opers at that time. Reenabling this feature remains an open to-do for us: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60792 And had been for the rsync project as well until the repository was archived= : https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync-patches/issues/1 --Apple-Mail-98435402-F196-4B28-B28E-6778CEFDD80C Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div dir=3D"ltr">On M= ay 19, 2026, at 01:39, Andrew Tridgell via rsync wrote:</div><div dir=3D"ltr= "><blockquote type=3D"cite"><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"= ><div dir=3D"ltr"><span>One of the problems with the patches archive was we h= ad no idea if</span><br><span>anyone was using it, so its purpose as a stagi= ng area for changes to</span><br><span>go into the main release didn't work v= ery well.</span><br><span>Now I know FreeBSD included it I could create a PR= for it to go into a</span><br><span>future release as a standard feature.</= span></div></blockquote><br><div>MacPorts has been using the fileflags.diff p= atch since 2008. It was added to resolve this bug report:</div><div><br></di= v><div><a href=3D"https://trac.macports.org/ticket/15472">https://trac.macpo= rts.org/ticket/15472</a></div><div><br></div><div>We started using crtimes.d= iff at the same time, until it was merged into the main sources in rsync 3.2= .3.</div><div><br></div><div>We also used the hfscompression.diff patch sinc= e 2012 to resolve this feature request:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"= https://trac.macports.org/ticket/35514">https://trac.macports.org/ticket/355= 14</a></div><div><br></div><div>but rsync 3.1.3 broke that. I recall discuss= ing that matter with rsync developers at that time. Reenabling this feature r= emains an open to-do for us:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://tra= c.macports.org/ticket/60792">https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60792</a></div= ><div><br></div><div>And had been for the rsync project as well until <= span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">the repositor= y was</span> archived:</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"https://gith= ub.com/RsyncProject/rsync-patches/issues/1">https://github.com/RsyncProject/= rsync-patches/issues/1</a></div><div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-98435402-F196-4B28-B28E-6778CEFDD80C-- --===============8472027771536594943== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html --===============8472027771536594943==--