Always use lutimes() if it is available.

compat.c

@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void setup_protocol(int f_out,int f_in)
 		int compat_flags;
 		if (am_server) {
 			compat_flags = allow_inc_recurse ? CF_INC_RECURSE : 0;
-#if defined HAVE_LUTIMES && defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifdef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 			compat_flags |= CF_SYMLINK_TIMES;
 #endif
 #ifdef ICONV_OPTION
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ void setup_protocol(int f_out,int f_in)
 			    ? strchr(client_info, 'L') != NULL
 			    : !!(compat_flags & CF_SYMLINK_TIMES);
 		}
-#if defined HAVE_LUTIMES && defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifdef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 		else
 			receiver_symlink_times = 1;
 #endif
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ void setup_protocol(int f_out,int f_in)
 			exit_cleanup(RERR_SYNTAX);
 		}
 		need_messages_from_generator = 1;
-#if defined HAVE_LUTIMES && defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifdef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 	} else if (!am_sender) {
 		receiver_symlink_times = 1;
 #endif

generator.c

@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ static void do_delete_pass(void)
 
 int unchanged_attrs(const char *fname, struct file_struct *file, stat_x *sxp)
 {
-#if !defined HAVE_LUTIMES || !defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifndef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 	if (S_ISLNK(file->mode)) {
 		;
 	} else
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ void itemize(const char *fnamecmp, struct file_struct *file, int ndx, int statre
 	if (statret >= 0) { /* A from-dest-dir statret can == 1! */
 		int keep_time = !preserve_times ? 0
 		    : S_ISDIR(file->mode) ? preserve_times > 1 :
-#if defined HAVE_LUTIMES && defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifdef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 		    1;
 #else
 		    !S_ISLNK(file->mode);

options.c

@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static void print_rsync_version(enum logcode f)
 #ifdef ICONV_OPTION
 	iconv = "";
 #endif
-#if defined HAVE_LUTIMES && defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifdef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 	symtimes = "";
 #endif
 
@@ -2358,7 +2358,7 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
 			argstr[x++] = '.';
 		if (allow_inc_recurse)
 			argstr[x++] = 'i';
-#if defined HAVE_LUTIMES && defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifdef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 		argstr[x++] = 'L';
 #endif
 #ifdef ICONV_OPTION

rsync.h

@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ enum delret {
 #include <utime.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LUTIMES
+#define CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES 1
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #endif

util.c

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ NORETURN void overflow_exit(const char *str)
 
 int set_modtime(const char *fname, time_t modtime, mode_t mode)
 {
-#if !defined HAVE_LUTIMES || !defined HAVE_UTIMES
+#ifndef CAN_SET_SYMLINK_TIMES
 	if (S_ISLNK(mode))
 		return 1;
 #endif
@@ -140,20 +140,19 @@ int set_modtime(const char *fname, time_t modtime, mode_t mode)
 		return 0;
 
 	{
-#ifdef HAVE_UTIMES
+#if defined HAVE_UTIMES || defined HAVE_LUTIMES
 		struct timeval t[2];
 		t[0].tv_sec = time(NULL);
 		t[0].tv_usec = 0;
 		t[1].tv_sec = modtime;
 		t[1].tv_usec = 0;
 # ifdef HAVE_LUTIMES
-		if (S_ISLNK(mode)) {
-			if (lutimes(fname, t) < 0)
-				return errno == ENOSYS ? 1 : -1;
-			return 0;
-		}
-# endif
+		if (lutimes(fname, t) < 0)
+			return S_ISLNK(mode) && errno == ENOSYS ? 1 : -1;
+		return 0;
+# else
 		return utimes(fname, t);
+# endif
 #elif defined HAVE_STRUCT_UTIMBUF
 		struct utimbuf tbuf;
 		tbuf.actime = time(NULL);