Shell scripts should explicitly "exit 0" for portability. Thanks Jos.

[rsync/rsync.git] / TODO

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index f34bed8..c8fc18a 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,6 +1,76 @@
 -*- indented-text -*-
 
-URGENT ---------------------------------------------------------------
+BUGS ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+There seems to be a bug with hardlinks
+
+  mbp/2 build$ ls -l /tmp/a /tmp/b -i
+  /tmp/a:
+  total 32
+  2568307 -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a1
+  2568307 -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a2
+  2568307 -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a3
+  2568310 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a4
+  2568310 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a5
+  2568310 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b1
+  2568310 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b2
+  2568310 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b3
+
+  /tmp/b:
+  total 32
+  2568309 -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a1
+  2568309 -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a2
+  2568309 -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a3
+  2568311 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a4
+  2568311 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a5
+  2568311 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b1
+  2568311 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b2
+  2568311 -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b3
+  mbp/2 build$ rm -r /tmp/b && ./rsync -avH /tmp/a/ /tmp/b
+  building file list ... done
+  created directory /tmp/b
+  ./
+  a1
+  a4
+  a2 => a1
+  a3 => a2
+  wrote 350 bytes  read 52 bytes  804.00 bytes/sec
+  total size is 232  speedup is 0.58
+  mbp/2 build$ rm -r /tmp/b
+  mbp/2 build$ ls -l /tmp/b
+  ls: /tmp/b: No such file or directory
+  mbp/2 build$ rm -r /tmp/b && ./rsync -avH /tmp/a/ /tmp/b
+  rm: cannot remove `/tmp/b': No such file or directory
+  mbp/2 build$ rm -f -r /tmp/b && ./rsync -avH /tmp/a/ /tmp/b
+  building file list ... done
+  created directory /tmp/b
+  ./
+  a1
+  a4
+  a2 => a1
+  a3 => a2
+  wrote 350 bytes  read 52 bytes  804.00 bytes/sec
+  total size is 232  speedup is 0.58
+  mbp/2 build$ ls -l /tmp/b
+  total 32
+  -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a1
+  -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a2
+  -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a3
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a4
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a5
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b1
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b2
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b3
+  mbp/2 build$ ls -l /tmp/a
+  total 32
+  -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a1
+  -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a2
+  -rw-rw-r--    3 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a3
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a4
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 a5
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b1
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b2
+  -rw-rw-r--    5 mbp      mbp            29 Mar 25 17:30 b3
 
 
 IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -260,6 +330,10 @@ logging
 
   Keep stderr and stdout properly separated (Debian #23626)
 
+  Use a separate function for reporting errors; prefix it with
+  "rsync:" or "rsync(remote)", or perhaps even "rsync(local
+  generator): ".
+
 
 rsyncd over ssh
 
@@ -351,6 +425,12 @@ Check "refuse options works"
   We need a test case for this...
 
   Was this broken when we changed to popt?
+
+
+String area code
+
+  Test whether this is actually faster than just using malloc().  If
+  it's not (anymore), throw it out.
          
 
 
@@ -423,6 +503,11 @@ Test daemon feature to disallow particular options.
 
 Pipe program that makes slow/jerky connections.
 
+Versions of read() and write() that corrupt the stream, or abruptly fail
+
+Separate makefile target to run rough tests -- or perhaps just run
+them every time?
+
 
 DOCUMENTATION --------------------------------------------------------