rsync: --delete fails with multiple source directories

[Dave Dykstra]

That's not enough information for us to be able to do anything with.
Can you at least find a stack backtrace in the core file?  If you could
boil it down into something that someone else could reproduce that would
help a lot.

- Dave Dykstra

On Mon, Jul 22, 2002 at 07:19:26AM -0400, Edward Farrar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 	Rsync 2.5.5 is producing this error message and a core file when executing the
> command "/usr/local/bin/rsync -av --delete --force /net/OSCM/OS_ATLAS2/CONFIG/.
> /net/OSCM/OS_TITAN1/2.6/CONFIG/. /OS/2.6/CONFIG"
> 
> building file list ... done
> rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (8 bytes read so far)
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(150)
> 
> The /net/OSCM directory is an NFS mounted file system.  The /OS directory is
> local.  From reading the man pacge for rsync, one of the syntax options is
> "rsync [OPTION]... SRC [SRC]... DEST ".  The two source directories contain
> several files with the same name.  I am unsure how rsync selects which file to
> transfer, but it appears to be the file with the most recent date.  Is that
> correct?
> 
> 	My basic goal is to merge the two source directories, choosing the most recent
> file in either directory if a duplicate name exists, and then deleting any
> "extra" files in the destination directory.  
> 
> Any insight and help is greatly appreciated.  I have searched the web and as
> much documentation I could find, but have been unsuccessful in finding a
> solution.  I have also tried versions 2.5.4 and 2.3.1 with the same results.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ed Farrar
> 
> -----------
> system names removed for security reasons......
> 
> # uname -a
> SunOS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 5.8 Generic_108528-11 sun4u sparc
> SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise
> 
> # /usr/local/bin/rsync --version
> rsync  version 2.5.5  protocol version 26
> Copyright (C) 1996-2002 by Andrew Tridgell and others
> <http://rsync.samba.org/>
> Capabilities: 64-bit files, socketpairs, hard links, symlinks, batchfiles, 
>               no IPv6, 64-bit system inums, 64-bit internal inums
> 
> rsync comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you
> are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  See the GNU
> General Public Licence for details.
> 
> # df -k /net/OSCM /OS
> Filesystem            kbytes    used   avail capacity  Mounted on
> XXXXXXXXX:/sol/oscm        41943040 29256720 12650144    70%    /net/OSCM
> /dev/md/dsk/d0       17402262 14459697 2768543    84%    /OS
> 
> # du -sk /net/OSCM/OS_ATLAS2/CONFIG/. /net/OSCM/OS_TITAN1/2.6/CONFIG/.
> 320     /net/OSCM/OS_ATLAS2/CONFIG/.
> 368     /net/OSCM/OS_TITAN1/2.6/CONFIG/.
> 
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