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Re: iconv capability removed from rsync 3.0.8


On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:03:06AM +0200, Fernando Molina Ortiz wrote:
> I have noticed that the iconv capability is not activated anymore in
> rsync 3.0.8, while in rsync 3.0.7 it is. When cally rsync --version,
> in 3.0.7 iconv is listed in the capabilities section, while in 3.0.8
> it appears as 'no iconv'. I use it, so I had to downgrade. Does
> anybody know why it's beed removed?

It could be a packaging issue, FWIW building from the sources enables 
iconv support.

Rsync from the repo:

$ rsync --help | head
rsync  version 3.0.8  protocol version 30
Copyright (C) 1996-2011 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/
Capabilities:
    64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 32-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
    socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace,
    append, ACLs, xattrs, no iconv, symtimes

Rsync rebuild from sources:

$ ./rsync-3.0.8-1/inst/usr/bin/rsync.exe --help | head
rsync  version 3.0.8  protocol version 30
Copyright (C) 1996-2011 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
Web site: http://rsync.samba.org/
Capabilities:
    64-bit files, 64-bit inums, 32-bit timestamps, 64-bit long ints,
    socketpairs, hardlinks, symlinks, IPv6, batchfiles, inplace,
    append, ACLs, xattrs, iconv, symtimes

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