rsync 2.6.0 causing incredible load on Linux 2.4.x?

jw schultz jw at pegasys.ws
Mon Feb 2 23:12:26 GMT 2004


On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 03:00:11PM -0800, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 02:01:15PM -0800, Clint Byrum wrote:
> > Oh, and one other thing... whats up with this:
> > 
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1294978 Jan 30 12:54 /usr/local/rsync-2.6.0/bin/rsync
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       216785 Dec  3 20:42 /usr/bin/rsync
> 
> Run "ldd" on those and check to see if 2.6.0 was linked with static or
> dynamic libraries.
> 
> > They're both stripped binaries in case thats what you were thinking.
> 
> The size you cite for 2.6.0 is very near to the size of an unstripped
> rsync on my system, so I'd be sure to double-check that.

And roughly double my sizes for near 2.6.0 (CVS head 28-dec) rsync:
-rwxr-xr-x    1 jw       jw         180964 Feb  2 15:08 rsync.stripped
-rwxr-xr-x    1 jw       jw         592537 Feb  2 15:08 rsync.unstripped


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