Bug 228666 - rsync --delete --relative does not delete files.
Summary: rsync --delete --relative does not delete files.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rsync
Version: 6
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Simo Sorce
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Reported: 2007-02-14 10:12 UTC by Morgan Nilsson
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: 2.6.9-1.fc6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-02-16 14:25:07 UTC
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Description Morgan Nilsson 2007-02-14 10:12:31 UTC 
Description of problem:

rsync --delete --relative does not delete files.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

rsync 2.6.8 fixed in 2.6.9.

How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. rsync -av --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded
--exclude-from=exclude host:/. backup_dir/

  
Actual results:

excluded files are not deleted in backup_dir


Expected results:

excluded files should be deleted in backup_dir

Additional info:

Fedora Core 6 uses rsync 2.6.8. 

From http://samba.anu.edu.au/ftp/rsync/rsync-2.6.9-NEWS:

    - Fixed a recent bug where --delete was not working when transferring from
      the root (/) of the filesystem with --relative enabled.

Could please Fedora consider updating rsync to 2.6.9?
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