https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6546
--- Comment #5 from tmhik...@gmail.com --- After some further testing I have some fairly odd results, possibly related. Using --link-dest to point to an already existing backup set, or the same empty directory that we are backing up to causes the bug to appear. If I use --link-dest while pointing it at an empty directory and backing up to an empty directory, it does not happen. Using rsync without it with the destination being an empty directory causes no errors. Using rsync without it with the destination already having copies of the files causes the error to occur. So it appears that if rsync notices that the /sys directory exists on the destination, it does the wrong thing. here's two examples of how I'm invoking it: without --link-dest: /home/tm/src/rsync/rsync --stats -vaxAXRHS --preallocate --progress --delete --delete-excluded / /media/backup/test/1 --exclude-from /root/backupexcludes.txt with --link-dest: (2 is empty and holds nothing. 1 was rm'd before the copy began.) /home/tm/src/rsync/rsync --stats -vaxAXRHS --preallocate --progress --delete --delete-excluded --link-dest=/media/backup/test/2 / /media/backup/test/1 --exclude-from /root/backupexcludes.txt Anything else I can provide to help identify this? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the QA Contact for the bug. -- 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
