X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/3d90ec146fab1637a864e9473288a796a7b70c72..b35d0d8e9ae9c5407c9f781b545f8a66b9caa9d0:/TODO diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 7acbd3c2..a24ef7a9 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -73,6 +73,31 @@ There seems to be a bug with hardlinks -rw-rw-r-- 5 mbp mbp 29 Mar 25 17:30 b3 +Progress indicator can produce corrupt output when transferring directories: + + main/binary-arm/ + main/binary-arm/admin/ + main/binary-arm/base/ + main/binary-arm/comm/8.56kB/s 0:00:52 + main/binary-arm/devel/ + main/binary-arm/doc/ + main/binary-arm/editors/ + main/binary-arm/electronics/s 0:00:53 + main/binary-arm/games/ + main/binary-arm/graphics/ + main/binary-arm/hamradio/ + main/binary-arm/interpreters/ + main/binary-arm/libs/6.61kB/s 0:00:54 + main/binary-arm/mail/ + main/binary-arm/math/ + main/binary-arm/misc/ + +lchmod + + I don't think we handle this properly on systems that don't have the + call. + + DAEMON -------------------------------------------------------------- server-imposed bandwidth limits @@ -338,25 +363,6 @@ zlib versions. -logging - - Perhaps flush stdout after each filename, so that people trying to - monitor progress in a log file can do so more easily. See - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=48108 - - At the connections that just get a list of modules are not logged, - but they should be. - - If a child of the rsync daemon dies with a signal, we should notice - that when we reap it and log a message. - - 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): ". - - proxy authentication Allow RSYNC_PROXY to be http://user:pass@proxy.foo:3128/, and do @@ -547,15 +553,24 @@ Add machines SCO -NICE ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---no-detach and --no-fork options +LOGGING -------------------------------------------------------------- - Very useful for debugging. Also good when running under a - daemon-monitoring process that tries to restart the service when the - parent exits. + Perhaps flush stdout after each filename, so that people trying to + monitor progress in a log file can do so more easily. See + http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=48108 -hang/timeout friendliness + At the connections that just get a list of modules are not logged, + but they should be. + + If a child of the rsync daemon dies with a signal, we should notice + that when we reap it and log a message. + + 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): ". verbose output @@ -564,6 +579,27 @@ verbose output At end of transfer, show how many files were or were not transferred correctly. +-vv + + Explain *why* every file is transferred or not (e.g. "local mtime + 123123 newer than 1283198") + + +debugging of daemon + + Add an rsyncd.conf parameter to turn on debugging on the server. + + + +NICE ----------------------------------------------------------------- + +--no-detach and --no-fork options + + Very useful for debugging. Also good when running under a + daemon-monitoring process that tries to restart the service when the + parent exits. + +hang/timeout friendliness internationalization