Re: rsync corrupting files reflected in map_ptr error

[Johann Spies <jspies@sun.ac.za>]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 03:22:48AM -0500, Jameson Burt wrote:

> I can now repeat my rsync download corruption.  If a local file has
> size differing from the archive (ftp1.sourceforge.net) filesize,
> then the download gets corrupted, otherwise a new file is downloaded
> correctly.

I think it is not a debian-spesific problem.  On a nother mailing
list:

>> I just wanted to warn mirror admins about the upgrade to the latest
>> rsync update... apparently, ftp.dulug.duke.edu which I sometimes use
>> to rsync from has upgraded and I now get corrupted file transfers.
>> All you need to do is either downgrade (but the security hole will
>> be open again), recompile the srpm yourself or use the 2.4.6-9
>> binary from here :
>> http://people.redhat.com/notting/rsync-2.4.6-9.i386.rpm >

And that was with older versions of rsync!

> I use rsync version 2.5.1-0.1 [which requires libc6 version
> =2.2.4-4] libc6 version 2.2.4-7

Johann
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