To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
patch -p1 <patches/copy-devices.diff
- ./prepare-source
./configure (optional if already run)
make
+based-on: 3b8f8192227b14e708bf535072485e50f4362270
diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
--- a/generator.c
+++ b/generator.c
-@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ extern int preserve_acls;
+@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern int preserve_acls;
extern int preserve_xattrs;
extern int preserve_links;
extern int preserve_devices;
extern int preserve_specials;
extern int preserve_hard_links;
extern int preserve_executability;
-@@ -1611,7 +1612,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
+@@ -1496,7 +1497,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
goto cleanup;
}
diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
-@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
+@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
int keep_dirlinks = 0;
int copy_dirlinks = 0;
int copy_links = 0;
int preserve_links = 0;
int preserve_hard_links = 0;
int preserve_acls = 0;
-@@ -348,6 +349,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -695,6 +696,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," -o, --owner preserve owner (super-user only)\n");
rprintf(F," -g, --group preserve group\n");
rprintf(F," --devices preserve device files (super-user only)\n");
rprintf(F," --specials preserve special files\n");
rprintf(F," -D same as --devices --specials\n");
rprintf(F," -t, --times preserve modification times\n");
-@@ -504,6 +506,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
+@@ -863,6 +865,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[] = {
{"no-D", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, 0, OPT_NO_D, 0, 0 },
{"devices", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_devices, 1, 0, 0 },
{"no-devices", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_devices, 0, 0, 0 },
{"specials", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_specials, 1, 0, 0 },
{"no-specials", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_specials, 0, 0, 0 },
{"links", 'l', POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_links, 1, 0, 0 },
-@@ -2022,6 +2025,9 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
+@@ -2627,6 +2630,9 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
else if (remove_source_files)
args[ac++] = "--remove-sent-files";
+ if (copy_devices)
+ args[ac++] = "--copy-devices";
+
- *argc_p = ac;
- return;
-
+ if (ac > MAX_SERVER_ARGS) { /* Not possible... */
+ rprintf(FERROR, "argc overflow in server_options().\n");
+ exit_cleanup(RERR_MALLOC);
diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
--- a/rsync.c
+++ b/rsync.c
-@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ extern int preserve_xattrs;
+@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern int preserve_xattrs;
extern int preserve_perms;
extern int preserve_executability;
extern int preserve_times;
extern int am_root;
extern int am_server;
extern int am_sender;
-@@ -291,7 +292,8 @@ int read_ndx_and_attrs(int f_in, int *iflag_ptr, uchar *type_ptr,
+@@ -380,7 +381,8 @@ int read_ndx_and_attrs(int f_in, int f_out, int *iflag_ptr, uchar *type_ptr,
if (iflags & ITEM_TRANSFER) {
int i = ndx - cur_flist->ndx_start;
diff --git a/sender.c b/sender.c
--- a/sender.c
+++ b/sender.c
-@@ -315,6 +315,20 @@ void send_files(int f_in, int f_out)
+@@ -336,6 +336,20 @@ void send_files(int f_in, int f_out)
exit_cleanup(RERR_PROTOCOL);
}