handle relative symlinks properly, and that has not yet been fixed
in this modified version.
+To use this patch, run these commands for a successful build:
+
+ patch -p1 <patches/links-depth.diff
+ ./configure (optional if already run)
+ make
+
--- old/flist.c
+++ new/flist.c
-@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ extern int filesfrom_fd;
- extern int one_file_system;
+@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ extern int one_file_system;
+ extern int copy_dirlinks;
extern int keep_dirlinks;
extern int preserve_links;
+extern int follow_links_depth;
extern int preserve_hard_links;
- extern int preserve_perms;
extern int preserve_devices;
-@@ -716,6 +717,30 @@ static struct file_struct *receive_file_
+ extern int preserve_specials;
+@@ -852,6 +853,30 @@ static struct file_struct *recv_file_ent
return file;
}
/**
* Create a file_struct for a named file by reading its stat()
* information and performing extensive checks against global
-@@ -850,7 +875,13 @@ struct file_struct *make_file(char *fnam
+@@ -994,7 +1019,13 @@ struct file_struct *make_file(const char
basename_len = strlen(basename) + 1; /* count the '\0' */
#ifdef SUPPORT_LINKS
#endif
--- old/options.c
+++ new/options.c
-@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ int append_mode = 0;
- int keep_dirlinks = 0;
+@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ int keep_dirlinks = 0;
+ int copy_dirlinks = 0;
int copy_links = 0;
int preserve_links = 0;
+int follow_links_depth = 0;
int preserve_hard_links = 0;
int preserve_perms = 0;
int preserve_executability = 0;
-@@ -287,6 +288,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
+@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ void usage(enum logcode F)
rprintf(F," --append append data onto shorter files\n");
rprintf(F," -d, --dirs transfer directories without recursing\n");
rprintf(F," -l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks\n");
rprintf(F," -L, --copy-links transform symlink into referent file/dir\n");
rprintf(F," --copy-unsafe-links only \"unsafe\" symlinks are transformed\n");
rprintf(F," --safe-links ignore symlinks that point outside the source tree\n");
-@@ -433,6 +435,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
+@@ -444,6 +446,7 @@ static struct poptOption long_options[]
{"links", 'l', POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_links, 1, 0, 0 },
{"no-links", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_links, 0, 0, 0 },
{"no-l", 0, POPT_ARG_VAL, &preserve_links, 0, 0, 0 },
{"safe-links", 0, POPT_ARG_NONE, &safe_symlinks, 0, 0, 0 },
--- old/rsync.yo
+++ new/rsync.yo
-@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a
+@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ to the detailed description below for a
--append append data onto shorter files
-d, --dirs transfer directories without recursing
-l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks