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

[Benjamin R. Haskell]

That was the error with his email submission to the rsync list.

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Best,
Ben

On Fri, 23 Sep 2011, Donald Pearson wrote:

> 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
>
>             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}.
> 
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> Best,
> Ben
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