In debian bug #493559 (http://bugs.debian.org/493559) the problem is that when requesting a file from an older version rsync, the remote server gives an error:
$ rsync rsync://rsync.blackholes.us/zones/countries/countries.rbl /tmp rsync: on remote machine: -: unknown option rsync error: requested action not supported (code 4) at clientserver.c(517) rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (4 bytes received so far) [receiver] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(632) [receiver=3.0.4] Adding any option, e.g. -v or -t makes it work. >From using tcpdump I can see that it sends: --sender\n-\n.\nzones/countries/countries.rbl\n\n If you add -v, it sends: --sender\n-t\n.\nzones/countries/countries.rbl\n\n With 2.6.9 and no options, it sends: --sender\n.\nzones/countries/countries.rbl\n\n i.e. no extra -\n added. Shouldn't 3.0.3 (and 3.0.4) not duplicate the 2.6.9 behaviour when talking to a protocol 29 server? Paul -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
