Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: rsync
When trying to rsync a file with a very long filepath (in this case, it was
2503 characters), rsync fails with error:
buffer overflow expanding %L -- exiting
rsync error: errors with program diagnostics (code 13) at log.c(651)
[sender=2.6.9]
This is because the file path buffer is defined in rsync.h as:
#ifndef MAXPATHLEN
#define MAXPATHLEN 1024
#endif
/* We want a roomy line buffer that can hold more than MAXPATHLEN,
* and significantly more than an overly short MAXPATHLEN. */
#if MAXPATHLEN < 4096
#define BIGPATHBUFLEN (4096+1024)
#else
#define BIGPATHBUFLEN (MAXPATHLEN+1024)
#endif
If it were defined to use PATH_MAX from limits.h, as MAXPATHLEN, then it
would be safe for path lengths upto 4096 (as currently defined in
limits.h)
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 7 11:04:21 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: rsync 2.6.9-6ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: rsync
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic x86_64
** Affects: rsync (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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rsync does not implement PATH_MAX for large file paths
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/279557
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