[lxc-devel] [PATCH 2/2] templates: use hardlink detection in rsync
Serge Hallyn
serge.hallyn at canonical.com
Tue Dec 4 03:25:00 UTC 2012
Quoting Michael H. Warfield (mhw at WittsEnd.com):
> On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 20:43 -0600, Serge Hallyn wrote:
> > A-ha, actually busybox cp does not support -T, at least here on ubuntu
> > 12.10. So should we go with rsync -ah after all since it's more likely
> > they'll install rsync next to busybox? Or is that not actually likely?
>
> rsync -aH
Heh, yeah, my patch did have it right in my defense :)
> Capitalization is critical here.
>
> Option -x (do not cross devices) is not the same as -X (extendended
> attributes).
>
> > -serge
>
> I would like to know where rsync is not available. If rsync is
In an ultra-minimal busybox based system?
not sure...
> available then "rsync -H" is available.
>
> That is my concern with busybox. They are very POSIX compliant and I'm
> not sure this is a POSIX feature. I run into this all the time in
> Android and TinyCore (I've had to recode things to run under busybox ash
> shell under TinyCore). I trust rsync better than cp in differing
> environments for that very reason. I know what rsync will support (if
> it's there). I don't always know what options cp will support.
Ok, so let's stick with my original 2 patches (top of this thread).
Objections? (Acks?)
-serge
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