Bug 1491582 – [TestOnly] rsync-3.1.2-2 problem: This rsync lacks old-style --compress due to its external zlib.

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Bug 1491582 - [TestOnly] rsync-3.1.2-2 problem: This rsync lacks old-style --compress due to its external zlib.

Summary:	[TestOnly] rsync-3.1.2-2 problem: This rsync lacks old-style --compress due t...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	rsync (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.5
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity high
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	7.5
Assigned To:	Michal Ruprich
QA Contact:	Martin Zelený
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Depends On:	1432899
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Reported:	2017-09-14 04:23 EDT by Thomas Huth
Modified:	2018-04-10 06:07 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHEA-2018:0692	None	None	None	2018-04-10 06:07 EDT

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Description Thomas Huth 2017-09-14 04:23:04 EDT

Description of problem:
rsync refuses to work with the -z parameter if the destination host uses rsync-3.1.2-2 (i.e. the version from RHEL 7.5), but the source host is still using rsync-3.0.9-18 (i.e. the version from RHEL 7.4).

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rsync-3.1.2-2.el7.ppc64le (destination)
rsync-3.0.9-18.el7.x86_64 (source)

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install rsync-3.1.2-2 on the destination, and rsync-3.0.9-18 on the source
2. rsync -z somefile user@destinationhost:

Actual results:
rsync: This rsync lacks old-style --compress due to its external zlib.  Try -zz.
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1567) [server=3.1.2]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9]

Expected results:
rsync copies the file successfully.

Additional info:
Using "-zz" as suggested by the error message does not help here. The error stays the same with "-zz"

Comment 2 Michal Ruprich 2017-09-14 06:34:14 EDT

Hi Thomas, 

I was a bit too quick about the decision to drop the included zlib. Thanks for pointing this out. I will rebuild the package with the included zlib.

Comment 6 Martin Zelený 2017-11-13 04:57:41 EST

The bug of version 3.1.2-2 is discoverable by TC#554671. Fixed in 3.1.2-4.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2018-04-10 06:06:32 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0692

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