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

[Donald Pearson]

The error was in the post linked.

" the post was held in moderation because the attached file is too large."

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Benjamin R. Haskell <rsync at benizi.com>wrote:

> 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 <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<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
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