rsync: --delete fails with multiple source directories

[Edward Farrar]

Thanks for the response.  I'm not a programmer, so I'm struggling with your
request.  But, I was able to produce the output below.  Please let me know if
this helps.  I tried to reproduce the problem on a smaller scale using tmp
files, but I was unsuccessful.  I'll keep trying to come up with a small
example.

Again, thanks for the help,
Ed

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Reading rsync
core file header read successfully
Reading ld.so.1
Reading libresolv.so.2
Reading libsocket.so.1
Reading libnsl.so.1
Reading libc.so.1
Reading libdl.so.1
Reading libmp.so.2
Reading libc_psr.so.1
program terminated by signal SEGV (no mapping at the fault address)
Current function is flist_find
  420           while (!flist->files[i]->basename) i++;
(dbx) where
=>[1] flist_find(flist = 0x570d0, f = 0x68e28), line 420 in "rsync.h"
  [2] delete_files(flist = 0x570d0), line 148 in "receiver.c"
  [3] do_recv(f_in = 0, f_out = 1, flist = 0x570d0, local_name = (nil)), line
371 in "main.c"
  [4] do_server_recv(f_in = 0, f_out = 1, argc = 1, argv = 0xffbef9c4), line
491 in "main.c"
  [5] start_server(f_in = 0, f_out = 1, argc = 2, argv = 0xffbef9c0), line 519
in "main.c"
  [6] local_child(argc = 2, argv = 0xffbef9c0, f_in = 0xffbefbc4, f_out =
0xffbefbc0), line 212 in "util.c"
  [7] do_cmd(cmd = (nil), machine = (nil), user = (nil), path = 0x570b8
"/OS/2.6/FIRM", f_in = 0xffbefbc4, f_out = 0xffbefbc0), line 234 in "main.c"
  [8] start_client(argc = 2, argv = 0x565f8), line 772 in "main.c"
  [9] main(argc = 3, argv = 0x565f8), line 921 in "main.c"
(dbx) 


Dave Dykstra wrote:
> 
> 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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    Edward T. Farrar, Sr. UNIX Systems Analyst/Security Administrator
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