Shipped version of rsync is really old

Originator:wiml
Number:rdar://15134030 Date Originated:02-Oct-2013 19:16:19 GMT
Status:Closed/WONTFIX Resolved:WONTFIX
Product:OS X Product Version:10.9/13A584
Classification: Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
The copy of rsync that is shipped with Mac OS X is quite old.

Version 2.6.9 is seven years old. There have been numerous improvements, bugfixes, features, etc. since then.

Steps to Reproduce:
/usr/bin/rsync --version

Expected Results:
rsync  version 3.0.9  protocol version 30


Actual Results:
rsync  version 2.6.9  protocol version 29


Version:
10.9/13A584

Notes:
The most current version of rsync is actually 3.1.x but I don't expect OSX to be totally up-to-date.

Comments

Apple Developer Relations 03-Oct-2013 01:43 PM

Engineering has determined that this is not to be fixed based on the following information:

No plans to update rsync at this time.

By wiml at Oct. 7, 2013, 6:10 p.m. (reply...)

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