rsync 2.5.0 bit length overflow

[Martin Pool]

On 30 Nov 2001, Thomas J Pinkl <tom at hbsrx.com> wrote:
> I'm seeing:
> 
>   bit length overflow
>   code 4 bits 6->7
> 
> in the output of rsync 2.5.0 between two Red Hat Linux systems.
> One is RH 6.1 (kernel 2.2.19-6.2.1, glibc 2.1.3-22), the other 
> is RH 7.2 (kernel 2.4.9-13, glibc 2.2.4-19).  Both systems have 
> rsync 2.5.0.
> 
> On the RH 6.1 box, I run this command:
> 
>   rsync -v --stats -az -e rsh -H --exclude-from FILE /some/dir/. rh72:/some/dir/.
> 
> Anyone have a idea of what this means?

That comes from zlib.  It seems like a harmless warning.  Is it
reproducible?  Are the file trees transferred correctly?

--
Martin