The problem is in your use of "-e rsh"; --blocking-io is assumed if the -e value is equal to the RSYNC_RSH define which is usually "remsh" on solaris but maybe it isn't on solaris 2.8. The --blocking-io option is required for most versions of rsh, but it's sometimes difficult for rsync to know when rsh is being used. It's very confusing, I know.
- Dave On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:42:19AM -0800, Madole, Dave BGI SF wrote: > > Hi, > > I have been having a problem that seems related to previously reported > problems > but persists. > > I am syncing from a 2.6 Solaris box to a 2.8 solaris box. All are running > rsync 2.5.5. > > When I sync (commands simplified for example, always using rsh): > > 2.8box% rsync -e rsh 2.6box:/path/path/stuff/ /path/path/newstuff/ > > i.e., the 2.6 box is the server, I get spurious, persistent but inconsistent > "unexpected tag <some number>" failures. This is, unfortunately, on the 2.8 > box, the way I have to do it. > > When I sync: > > 2.6box% rsync -e rsh /path/path/stuff/ 2.8box:/path/path/newstuff/ > > (the 2.8box is the server), it works. But the 2.6 box isn't where the > script runs. > > The first command ALSO works if I use the "--blocking-io" option, > > 2.8box%rsync -e rsh 2.6box:/path/path/stuff/ /path/path/newstuff/ > --blocking-io > > but I'm not sure what the possible side-effects of that might be. (I picked > up from the CVS archive that there was some kind of relationship between a > "socketpair" Solaris bug and the "--blocking-io" option, so tried it, but > that seemed many versions ago). > > I am not doing the builds myself - sysadmins are doing it. Is there > anything special they > need to do in the 2.6 build to avoid my having to use the "--blocking-io" > flag? > > Thanks, > > Dave Madole > -- > To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe or change options: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
