rsync - Dec 2007 - exit code for vanished files in 2.6.9

I am using rsync 2.6.9 (as currently packaged in Mandriva 2007.1)

Ever since the latest update of the package I have been getting an exit
code of 23 with the output "file has vanished: {filename}".

For partial transfers due to vanished files, I  (and my script) would
expect exit code 24.

(man page)
23     Partial transfer due to error

24     Partial transfer due to vanished source files


I could not find any similar reports of this behavior and was just
wondering if this may be a new bug.

Thanks in advance for any help/info on this problem.

On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 14:40 -0600, Marc DeTrano wrote:
> I am using rsync 2.6.9 (as currently packaged in Mandriva 2007.1)
> 
> Ever since the latest update of the package I have been getting an exit
> code of 23 with the output "file has vanished: {filename}".
> 
> For partial transfers due to vanished files, I  (and my script) would
> expect exit code 24.
If a file has vanished and there is also an error that affects the
correctness of the transfer, the code 23 takes precedence over the code
24.  Check rsync's output for any error messages.  If there are none,
then rsync is behaving incorrectly and we should investigate further.

Matt