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   R2-D2 to Lew Pitcher   
   Re: weird rsync behaviour after switch t   
   27 Feb 22 21:39:43   
   
   From: r2-d2@outer.space   
      
   Lew Pitcher wrote on 2/25/22 14:55:   
   > On Thursday, 24 February 2022 at 04:02:27 UTC-5, R2-D2 wrote:   
   >> Local machine just upgraded from 14.2 to 15.0. Rsync package version   
   >> 3.2.3-x86_64-4.   
   >>   
   >> Remote machine still on 14.2, rsync package version   
   >> 3.1.3-x86_64-1_slack14.2.   
   >>   
   >> I have a directory on the remote machine that has always been backed up   
   >> locally with rsync. After switching to 15 every single file "is newer" on   
   >> the local machine, where it has always been "is uptodate".   
   >>   
   >> $ rsync -arvvtu --delete user@remote:/remotedir/ /localdir   
   >>   
   >> The files are identical, their timestamps are identical to the nanosecond.   
   >> Any clue? Idiosyncrasies between different rsync versions?   
   >>   
   >> Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
   > Apparently, idiosyncratic behavior that is corrected in the next upstream   
   > release of rsync.   
   >   
   > See https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS   
   >   
   > "Fixed --update -vv to output "is uptodate" instead of "is newer" messages   
   > for files that are being skipped due to an identical modify time. (This was a   
   > new output quirk in 3.2.3.)"   
      
   Excellent news, thanks. I'll sit tight, looking forward to see   
   http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/slackware/   
   /rsync-3.2.3-i586-4.txz   
   replaced by 3.2.4.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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