-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 13:44:22 +0200
-From: Marco d'Itri <md@Linux.IT>
-To: mbp@samba.org
-Subject: rsync and debian mirrors
+Marco d'Itri wrote:
I run one of the debian mirrors, and I had to write this patch because
my archive is split between more than one disk. Would you accept a more
polished version of this patch for inclusion in rsync?
-[Updated to latest CVS source by Wayne Davison.]
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
---- orig/syscall.c 2005-02-14 02:45:11
-+++ syscall.c 2004-04-22 23:48:45
-@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ int do_symlink(char *fname1, char *fname
+ patch -p1 <patches/soften-links.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
+based-on: 24079e988fc31af4eba56cd2701fdc5a4154980d
+diff --git a/syscall.c b/syscall.c
+--- a/syscall.c
++++ b/syscall.c
+@@ -106,9 +106,14 @@ ssize_t do_readlink(const char *path, char *buf, size_t bufsiz)
#ifdef HAVE_LINK
- int do_link(char *fname1, char *fname2)
+ int do_link(const char *fname1, const char *fname2)
{
+ int st;
+