It seems there is a discussion long time ago. But little info.
http://fixunix.com/tools/540757-do-not-reply-bug-3245-improve-rsyncs-error-messages-make-themclearer.html
I noticed that it's status is assigned, Has it been improved?
https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3245
On Thu,
Each different OS has a different idea of what attributes exist for whatever
they call files.
The exact combination of attributes will not map exactly from any OS to any
other OS,
although it is possible to preserve some crude distinctions in many (most?)
cases.
You look at the error messages to