Re: I also am getting hang/timeout using rsync 2.4.6 -e ssh

[Harry Putnam]

Dave Dykstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Thanks for the detailed reply.  Maybe my trouble can be fixed by upgrading.

> rsync 2.4.1 had known problems with hanging ssh.  Are you initiating from
> the Linux side?   I think it only affects the initiating side.  Please
> upgrade to 2.4.6.  I believe 2.4.3 was similar to 2.4.6 with respect to ssh

OK, upgrade it is, but do you know of any rpms available?  2.4.4 seems
to be the most recent rpm shipping with redhat=7.0

> but it broke rsh connections.  The difference between rsync 2.4.1 and 2.4.3
> was that 2.4.3 set O_NONBLOCK on stdin & stdout to ssh.
> 
> And has that ssh been compiled without USE_PIPES?

Ooops ... I'm a little lost as to how to extract that information from
an rpm binary.  Not sure its even possible.  Is there a command line I
can give ssh that will tell one way or the other?