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rsync doesn't create hardlinks for certain files

PATCH New Amy Fong 1 participant 1 message Nov 29, 2012

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PATCH 1/1 rsync doesn't create hardlinks for certain files

commit 4205a4c5d959643cf6c186e0939e202fb6006b82

Author: Amy Fong <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Nov 29 09:21:49 2012 -0500

rsync cannot create hardlink for node file when use option --link-dest=DIR.

By default, rsync's configure file disables certain capabilities when crosscompiling.

Signed-off-by Amy Fong <[email protected]>
---
 rsync_3.0.9.bb |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
meta/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_3.0.9.bb +6 -0
index 8fb0140..74eacc9 100644
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-xattr-support --disable-acl-support"
 do_configure_prepend () {
 	rm -f configure configure.sh
 	cp -f ${WORKDIR}/acinclude.m4 ${S}/
+
+	# by default, if crosscompiling, rsync                                                           
+	# disables a number of capabilities, hardlinking                                                 
+	# symlinks and special files (ie devices)
+	export rsync_cv_can_hardlink_special=yes
+	export rsync_cv_can_hardlink_symlink=yes 
 }
 
 do_configure_append () {