Re: two openrsync caveats

maybe ln -s /usr/bin/openrsync /usr/local/bin/rsync ?

On Sat, Jun 6, 2026 at 6:15 PM Manuel Giraud <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> dzwdz <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> > I've found two weird things about openrsync that I thought I'd report:
> >
> > First off, openrsync defaults to running (upstream) "rsync" for the
> > other end of the connection, even for local copies!  When upstream rsync
> > isn't installed (for example, if you're on a stock OpenBSD install), it
> > dies with a cryptic error message:
>
> For this issue, I get good results with the following patch (but I don't
> know if its the correct way to do it):
>
> Index: main.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/rsync/main.c,v
> diff -u -p -r1.73 main.c
> --- main.c      29 May 2025 17:03:43 -0000      1.73
> +++ main.c      6 Jun 2026 16:00:23 -0000
> @@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ basedir:
>                 if (dup2(fds[1], STDOUT_FILENO) == -1)
>                         err(ERR_IPC, "dup2");
>                 execvp(args[0], args);
> +               /* Maybe try a hardcoded openrsync. */
> +               execvp("/usr/bin/openrsync", args);
>                 _exit(ERR_IPC);
>                 /* NOTREACHED */
>         default:
>
>
> --
> Manuel Giraud
>