Apparent synchronization bug in rsync

Kevin Korb kmk at sanitarium.net
Thu Dec 8 20:48:34 UTC 2022


The first "Bug Fix" listed in 
https://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/NEWS#3.2.4 is almost certainly 
related.  Apparently it was fixed via remote option but since your test 
doesn't include networking that fix wouldn't help.

On 12/8/22 15:03, Mark Raymond via rsync wrote:
> I believe I have found a synchronization bug in rsync. I have a pair of 
> files, which when synced with||
> ||
> |rsync --no-whole-file --inplace -S|||
> ||
> |are not| identical afterwards. All three options are required, if I 
> remove any one of the the files sync correctly. I have put the two 
> files, along with a minimal test script, in this GitHub repo: 
> https://github.com/mark-raymond/rsync-test
> 
> This looks like a bug to me; am I missing something? If it is a bug, I'm 
> happy to create an issue in GitHub.
> ||
> 

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