rsync 2.6.2 doesn't work with GNU inetutils rsh

[Anthony Heading]

Hi,

Not sure when this stopped working, because I'm sure it used to.

This is the cygwin build of rsync, with the standard cygwin
rsh (which is a fairly old GNU inetutils 1.3.2).


~=> rsync --rsh=rsh -vv bibble:
opening connection using rsh bibble rsync --server --sender -vvr . 
rsh: unknown option -- server
Try `rsh --help' for more information.
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes read so far)
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at /home/lapo/packaging/tmp/rsync-2.6.2/io.c(342)
~-12=> 

As it helpfully explains, rsh is grabbing all the arguments intended for
the remote rsync command.

With GNU rsh,  it seems necessary to add a '--' to provide a limit:

rsh bibble ls -l     :   error from rsh
rsh bubble -- ls -l  :   works fine

Anthony



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