Just hit the same bug : got the same :"inflate returned -3" while rsync'ing an 8G VM disk .vdi file from a Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS server to a Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS one Removed the -z flag sis the trick as well
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to rsync in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1431709 Title: rsync dies with "inflate returned -3" Status in rsync package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: On 12.04.5 64bit server running rsync pulling backups from a 14.04 64bit laptop dies with "inflate returned -3" when using the -z flag on a backup containing a large file (a VM image over 1G). Removing the -z flag works around the issue. See the Debian bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741628 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1431709/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp