Debian Bug report logs - #148967
--convert-links option

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Package: rsync; Maintainer for rsync is Samuel Henrique <[email protected]>; Source for rsync is src:rsync (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: "Michael P. Soulier" <[email protected]>

Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 02:48:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 2.5.5-0.2

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Package: rsync
Version: 2.5.5-0.2
Severity: wishlist

It would be very helpful if rsync could include a --convert-links option, such
that absolute symlinks could be translated to relative symlinks, and then
copied via the -l option. This would help greatly with directory structures
created by 3rd party tools that I have no control over, so I cannot force them
to create relative links instead. 

Cheers,

Mike

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