From: Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 00:10:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Note about --dry-run.
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Note about --dry-run.
---

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index c8fc18ab..938bde79 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ There seems to be a bug with hardlinks
 IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+--dry-run is insufficiently dry
+
+  Mark Santcroos points out that -n fails to list files which have
+  only metadata changes, though it probably should.  
+
+  There may be a Debian bug about this as well.
+
+
 use chroot
 
   If the platform doesn't support it, then don't even try.
@@ -86,12 +94,14 @@ use chroot
     http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/2001-August/thread.html
     http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/rsync/2001-September/thread.html
 
+
 --files-from
 
   Avoids traversal.  Better option than a pile of --include statements
   for people who want to generate the file list using a find(1)
   command or a script.
 
+
 File list structure in memory
 
   Rather than one big array, perhaps have a tree in memory mirroring