Apparent synchronization bug in rsync

Wayne Davison wayne at opencoder.net
Fri Dec 9 05:03:54 UTC 2022


On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 12:49 PM Kevin Korb wrote:

> 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.
>

No, the bug was fixed in 3.2.4 and it included an extra feature that allows
rsync to bypass the bug in an older remote rsync that still has the bug.

On 12/8/22 15:03, Mark Raymond wrote:

> 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.
>

I have managed to get a test case that fails.  If you want to also supply
one, feel free.
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