Rsync goes chokes on this file, can the developers look into it?

[Benjamin R. Haskell]

On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Frank Church wrote:

> I posted a message to the list earlier about rsync's problem with a 
> file, - here is a link
> to the post.- 
> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.network.rsync.general/24044
> 
> I have been trying to backup some files which rsync and it always 
> chokes on this file.
> 
> It simple halts with a non intuitive error message.

One man's non intuitive error message is another man's full story of 
what went wrong.


> rsync --version produces this info :
> 
> rsync  version 3.0.4  protocol version 30
> 
> It is the same on boths sides of the llink
> 
> Can it be tested in some way?
> 
> Is there some process for getting the rsync developers to check it?
> 
> Here is a link to the file: http://lz.rca2.net/colinux-0.7.5.exe

It's very unlikely that the problem is with the file's contents.  It's 
much more likely a problem with permissions or differing options between 
filesystems.  Please send the error message to the list.

I don't have 3.0.4 anywhere, but that file transferred perfectly fine to 
and from pairs of machines running 3.0.{6, 7, and 8}.

-- 
Best,
Ben