Rsync-2.5.2

Dave Dykstra dwd at bell-labs.com
Wed Feb 13 03:25:01 EST 2002


On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 10:50:54PM -0600, Vernon A. Fort wrote:
> New to the group!
> 
> Which version is considered stable for redhat 7.2.  I have attempted to
> compile 2.5.2  but recieve numerous compile warning. Once installed, I
> receive the following error but just keying rsync {return}.

Don't worry about the warnings; there are lots because gcc -Wall option
was recently added but the warnings haven't been fixed.

> Please see the rsync(1) and rsyncd.conf(5) man pages for full documentation
> See http://rsync.samba.org/ for updates, bug reports, and answers
> rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(824)
> 
> The last line worrys me.  Should i stick with the 2.4.6 from redhat?

2.5.2 has a serious bug, but that's not the symptom.  What's the full
command you are you trying to give it?

- Dave Dykstra




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