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

Hello Michael,
this is an interesting feature you describe here.

Please report it to the upstream project and link the ticket here.
Debian won't be able to implement new features.

Thank you,
Christian Buhtz