Package: rsync Version: 2.6.9-5.1 Followup-For: Bug #455194 I can confirm the problem described by Helmut Grohne and have some additional information.
I call rsync with the following command: rsync -avzoH --delete $sourcedirs $destdir In the error messages rsync: failed to set times on "some_path" Function not implemented (38) "some_path" always refers to symbolic links. So the error occurs when rsync tries to set the modification time of symbolic links, which, at least to my knowledge, is impossible. The problem did not exist in version 2.6.9-5 of rsync. A sample run with the vvv option that involves copying a link leads to: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/rsynctest$ ll total 8 drwxr-xr-x 3 cgogolin cgogolin 4096 2007-12-10 20:16 dest drwxr-xr-x 2 cgogolin cgogolin 4096 2007-12-10 20:15 source [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/rsynctest$ ll source total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 cgogolin cgogolin 10 2007-12-10 20:14 testfile lrwxrwxrwx 1 cgogolin cgogolin 8 2007-12-10 20:15 testlink -> testfile [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/rsynctest$ rsync -avvvi source/ dest building file list ... [sender] make_file(.,*,2) [sender] make_file(testlink,*,2) [sender] make_file(testfile,*,2) done send_file_list done send_files starting server_recv(2) starting pid=2120 recv_file_name(.) recv_file_name(testlink) recv_file_name(testfile) received 3 names recv_file_list done get_local_name count=3 dest recv_files(3) starting generator starting pid=2120 count=3 delta-transmission disabled for local transfer or --whole-file recv_generator(.,0) send_files(0, source/.) ..d..t...... ./ set modtime of . to (1197314100) Mon Dec 10 20:15:00 2007 recv_generator(testfile,1) send_files(1, source/testfile) send_files mapped source/testfile of size 10 calling match_sums source/testfile >f+++++++++ testfile sending file_sum false_alarms=0 hash_hits=0 matches=0 sender finished source/testfile recv_generator(testlink,2) set modtime of testlink to (1197314100) Mon Dec 10 20:15:00 2007 rsync: failed to set times on "/tmp/rsynctest/dest/testlink": Function not implemented (38) send_files(2, source/testlink) cL+++++++++ testlink -> testfile generate_files phase=1 send_files phase=1 recv_files(.) recv_files(testfile) got file_sum set modtime of .testfile.mkM6ct to (1197314068) Mon Dec 10 20:14:28 2007 renaming .testfile.mkM6ct to testfile recv_files(testlink) recv_files phase=1 generate_files phase=2 send_files phase=2 send files finished total: matches=0 hash_hits=0 false_alarms=0 data=10 recv_files phase=2 generate_files phase=3 recv_files finished recv_generator(.,0) set modtime of . to (1197314100) Mon Dec 10 20:15:00 2007 generate_files finished sent 195 bytes received 54 bytes 498.00 bytes/sec total size is 18 speedup is 0.07 rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at main.c(977) [sender=2.6.9] _exit_cleanup(code=0, file=main.c, line=977): about to call exit(23) [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp/rsynctest$ ll dest/ total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 cgogolin cgogolin 10 2007-12-10 20:14 testfile lrwxrwxrwx 1 cgogolin cgogolin 8 2007-12-10 20:18 testlink -> testfile ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today I don't have the time to trace the problem with strace. If this is still necessary just tell me. kind regards Christian -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.21cg08 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages rsync depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.45-1 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.7-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpopt0 1.10-3 lib for parsing cmdline parameters ii lsb-base 3.1-24 Linux Standard Base 3.1 init scrip rsync recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
