Don't recreate a device if just the permissions bits have changed

[rsync/rsync.git] / generator.c

diff --git a/generator.c b/generator.c
index f131c1a..08ea1db 100644 (file)
--- a/generator.c
+++ b/generator.c
@@ -812,9 +812,9 @@ static void recv_generator(char *fname, struct file_struct *file, int ndx,
        }
 
        if (am_root && preserve_devices && IS_DEVICE(file->mode)) {
-               if (statret != 0 ||
-                   st.st_mode != file->mode ||
-                   st.st_rdev != file->u.rdev) {
+               if (statret != 0
+                || (st.st_mode & ~CHMOD_BITS) != (file->mode & ~CHMOD_BITS)
+                || st.st_rdev != file->u.rdev) {
                        if (delete_item(fname, st.st_mode, DEL_TERSE) < 0)
                                return;
                        if (preserve_hard_links && file->link_u.links