Package: rsync Version: 2.6.9-6 Severity: important rsync does not log when `exclude-from' if from stdin. See the typescript:
$ mkdir /tmp/dir1 /tmp/dir2 $ touch /tmp/dir1/a $ echo "XXX" > /tmp/exclude.list $ rsync --log-file=/tmp/log --exclude-from=/tmp/exclude.list /tmp/dir1/* /tmp/dir2/ $ cat /tmp/log 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] receiving file list 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] >f+++++++++ a 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] sent 46 bytes received 24 bytes total size 0 $ touch /tmp/dir1/b $ rsync --log-file=/tmp/log --exclude-from=- /tmp/dir1/* /tmp/dir2/ XXX^D $ ls /tmp/dir2 a b $ cat /tmp/log 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] receiving file list 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] >f+++++++++ a 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] sent 46 bytes received 24 bytes total size 0 <NO LOG HERE!?> $ rsync --log-file=/tmp/log --exclude-from=/tmp/log /tmp/dir1/* /tmp/dir2/ $ cat /tmp/log 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] receiving file list 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] >f+++++++++ a 2008/02/21 22:00:01 [18964] sent 46 bytes received 24 bytes total size 0 2008/02/21 22:01:06 [19111] receiving file list 2008/02/21 22:01:06 [19111] >f..T...... a <NOW LOG> 2008/02/21 22:01:06 [19111] >f..T...... b 2008/02/21 22:01:06 [19111] sent 68 bytes received 35 bytes total size 0 Thanks, semente -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) 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 2.7-8 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]