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Description of problem:
I have routinely used "rsync" on Red Hat, FC3 and Sci Linux. 
Now, on Fedora core-4 (FC4), using same shell script as usual,
I cannot make rsync work when the option "--cvs-exclude" is 
present (all other options are OK). Here is the message I get;
----
filter rules are too modern for remote rsync.
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at exclude.c(1119)
----
Removing "--cvs-exclude" from options list recovers normal
behavior...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rsync-2.5.7-5.3E

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. To update image of local work area on a remote machine,
2.  I use the following shell script;

#!/bin/sh
##-----------------------------------------------------------------------
## USAGE:  ./toFNAL        -- for a dry run (-n)
##         ./toFNAL ok     -- for the real export
##-----------------------------------------------------------------------
## Setup local (source) and remote (target) directories

this_dir=`pwd`
here_dir="/work/maciel/bconf"
fnal_dir="maciel@myMachine.fnal.gov:/work/maciel"

echo "rsync driver dir = " $this_dir
echo "local (from) dir = " $here_dir
echo "archive (to) dir = " $fnal_dir

##-----------------------------------------------------------------------
## Make default a dry run (-n)

OPTION=-n
if [ x$1 = "xok" ];
  then echo unsetting OPTION
  unset OPTION
fi
echo \$OPTION=$OPTION
##-----------------------------------------------------------------------
## Now, run rsync

rsync $OPTION \
      --archive --progress --compress --update \
      --safe-links       --rsh="ssh -l maciel" \
      --cvs-exclude --exclude-from=$this_dir/rsync.ignore \
        $here_dir $fnal_dir | grep -v "ignoring unsafe" | egrep -v "/$"
##-----------------------------------------------------------------------

  

Actual Results:  FC4 output is;

filter rules are too modern for remote rsync.
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at exclude.c(1119)

Expected Results:  The very same script under FC3, RedHat(7 or 9) or Sci.Linux will simply
list all files that have been updated.

Removing "--cvs-exclude" from options list in the shell script recovers normal
behavior...

Additional info: