rsync (3.2.3-4+deb11u1) bullseye; urgency=medium The --copy-devices option has been reintroduced, it was previously removed in favor of the new one --write-devices, but it turns out they are not equivalent enough and upstream is providing the copy-devices patch on rsync-patches. Please beware that although the --copy-devices option is provided by upstream, it is not part of the official rsync package and it could be dropped or changed in ways that are not backwards compatible, though this would only happen between Debian releases. That being said, we will not drop this option from the Debian packaging as long as upstream keeps providing the patch under rsync-patches. -- Samuel Henrique Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:25:37 +0100 rsync (3.2.0-1) unstable; urgency=low This latest release changed two parameters which used to be present on the Debian packaging of rsync as upstream now integrated the patches. Previous parameter: --copy-devices: write to devices as files (implies --inplace) Is now called: --write-devices Previous parameter: --noatime: avoid changing the atime on opened files. Is now called: --open-noatime Please refer to the manpage rsync(1) for more information. -- Samuel Henrique Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:05:57 +0100 rsync (3.1.3-8) unstable; urgency=medium Some useful rsync scripts that used to be installed in /usr/share/doc/rsync/scripts are now installed in /usr/share/rsync/scripts. All of them have execution permission. The rrsync script is now deployed into /usr/bin/rrsync as a symlink to /usr/share/rsync/scripts/rrsync. -- Samuel Henrique Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:04:36 +0100