./configure (optional if already run)
make
---- old/generator.c
-+++ new/generator.c
+diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
+--- a/generator.c
++++ b/generator.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern int preserve_acls;
extern int preserve_xattrs;
extern int preserve_links;
+extern int copy_devices;
extern int preserve_specials;
extern int preserve_hard_links;
- extern int preserve_perms;
-@@ -1476,7 +1477,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname,
+ extern int preserve_executability;
+@@ -1670,7 +1671,7 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
goto cleanup;
}
if (solo_file)
fname = f_name(file, NULL);
rprintf(FINFO, "skipping non-regular file \"%s\"\n", fname);
---- old/options.c
-+++ new/options.c
-@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
+diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
+--- a/options.c
++++ b/options.c
+@@ -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;
-@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ 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");
-@@ -494,6 +496,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+@@ -507,6 +509,7 @@ 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 },
-@@ -1962,6 +1965,9 @@ void server_options(char **args,int *arg
+@@ -2048,6 +2051,9 @@ 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 = ac;
+ *argc_p = ac;
return;
---- old/rsync.c
-+++ new/rsync.c
-@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ extern int preserve_xattrs;
+diff --git a/rsync.c b/rsync.c
+--- a/rsync.c
++++ b/rsync.c
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 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;
-@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@ int read_ndx_and_attrs(int f_in, int *if
+@@ -326,7 +327,8 @@ int read_ndx_and_attrs(int f_in, int *iflag_ptr, uchar *type_ptr,
if (iflags & ITEM_TRANSFER) {
int i = ndx - cur_flist->ndx_start;
rprintf(FERROR,
"received request to transfer non-regular file: %d [%s]\n",
ndx, who_am_i());
---- old/sender.c
-+++ new/sender.c
-@@ -314,6 +314,20 @@ void send_files(int f_in, int f_out)
+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)
exit_cleanup(RERR_PROTOCOL);
}