Protocol problem (bug?) with rsync-2.5.6

[jw schultz]

On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 01:26:17AM +0200,  wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> let me shortly describe the background of my problem: I was using a Gentoo box 
> as a workstation and a NetBSD-1.6 box as a backup machine. Everything ran 
> perfectly. Now I switched my workstation OS to FreeBSD-4.8_RELEASE.
> 
> Both rsyncs are made from the ports, respectively (with Gentoo, it were the 
> Ebuilds, but the same idea...). (FreeBSD port version: 2.5.6_1)
> 
> Now, when I try to synchronize the backup, I get a disturbing error message, 
> something like (running -n dry-run mode):
> 
> [...many lines of text...]
> deleting directory work/nvidia/NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-4191
> deleting directory work/nvidia
> unexpected tag 94
> rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(315)
> 
> or:
> 
> [...many lines of text...]
> .thumbnails/normal/ee4752ec2125bc1faef8edd4a75d1df5.png
> .thumbnails/normal/ee55bb657904968ef3f852db22a17662.png
> Invalid file index 117440540 (count=136972)
> rsync error: protocol incompatibility (code 2) at sender.c(135)
> 
> I have checked the network connection by transferring >11GB (cat xyz |rsh 
> amadillo "md5"), and I had no problems. It's simply a cross-over cable 
> between the machines, so I don't expect any switch problems, and they're both 
> x86-based.
> 
> My command line looks like:
> rsync -n -e rsh -axv --delete --exclude-from $TMPF --delete-excluded 
> --progress ~kjwolf/ amadillo:/pile/myhome
> 
> I would have supected the FreeBSD port patches, but a quick and not very 
> professional look on them didn't reveal any obvious fault...

For immediate results I would suggest rebuilding from source.
File a bug report against FreeBSD.  Your description
indicates they have done something wrong.



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