The rsync tarball contains some useful docs and examples (some of which are referred to in its docs) which aren't currently shipped in the package. Suggested fix attached.
Created attachment 128695 [details] Include useful docs and examples
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Still unresolved as of current Rawhide, 3.0.1-0.3.pre3.fc9.
Created attachment 300322 [details] Include useful docs and examples Updated patch against current Rawhide. Should be a no-brainer...
Thanks ville, picking up for 3.0.1 final.
The problem with the way this got implemented in 3.0.1-1, ie. having the support/ files packaged executable is that that results in extra dependencies on perl stuff, see rpmlint output. The patch I posted does a "chmod -x" to prevent this problem. rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/file-attr-restore perl(Getopt::Long) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/munge-symlinks perl(Getopt::Long) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/patch-update perl(Getopt::Long) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rsyncstats perl(Getopt::Long) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/atomic-rsync /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/cull_options /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/cvs2includes /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/extern-squish /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/file-attr-restore /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/files-to-excludes /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/git-set-file-times /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/logfilter /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/mnt-excl /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/munge-symlinks /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/patch-update /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rrsync /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rsyncstats /usr/bin/perl rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rrsync perl(File::Glob) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/atomic-rsync perl(Cwd) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/mnt-excl perl(Cwd) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rrsync perl(Cwd) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/atomic-rsync perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/cull_options perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/cvs2includes perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/extern-squish perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/file-attr-restore perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/files-to-excludes perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/git-set-file-times perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/logfilter perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/mnt-excl perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/munge-symlinks perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/patch-update perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rrsync perl(strict) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rrsync perl(constant) rsync.x86_64: W: doc-file-dependency /usr/share/doc/rsync-3.0.1/support/rrsync perl(Socket)
True, and make sense, -2 coming now.
3.0.1-2 built, thanks for checking.