On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 17:33 +0100, Maarten Thibaut wrote: > When using rsync-3.0.2 through 3.0.5, I get this error on a large > dataset syncing from machine-a to machine-b: > > $ /bin/rsync -aHSz /local/. machine-b:/local/. > invalid len passed to map_ptr: -1737287498 > rsync error: error in file IO (code 11) at fileio.c(188) [sender=3.0.5]
It looks like you have a large file that is overflowing a 32-bit length variable. This would be considered a bug in rsync. It would be a great help if you would run the sending rsync under gdb: gdb --args /bin/rsync -aHSz /local/. machine-b:/local/. put a breakpoint on the line that prints that error message (fileio.c:186 in rsync 3.0.5) and post the stack trace so we can see which code path is failing to prevent overflow. -- Matt -- 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
