rsync - Jun 2009 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 6461] New: rsync occassionally issues the message "rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(1506) [generator=3.0.4]"

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6461

           Summary: rsync occassionally issues the message "rsync error:
                    unexplained error (code 255) at main.c(1506)
                    [generator=3.0.4]"
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.4
          Platform: Sparc
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned@samba.org
        ReportedBy: James.Purdon@ny.frb.org
         QAContact: rsync-qa@samba.org


rsync occassionally issues the message "rsync error: unexplained error
(code
255) at main.c(1506) [generator=3.0.4]", apparently as it is performing
clean
up of child processes.  Does this message indicate an issue with the transfer? 
Is there a known condition that causes it?


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------- Comment #1 from James.Purdon@ny.frb.org  2009-06-10 09:03 CST -------
I should mention that we are using rsync in conjunction with ssh.  Please let
me know if there are additional details you would like.


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wayned at samba.org changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID




------- Comment #2 from wayned at samba.org  2009-09-05 10:52 CST -------
If rsync starts a child process, it can set its exit code based on what that
process returned.  If that process didn't exit cleanly, the code can be out
of
the normal list of error codes that rsync returns, which generated the
unexplained error.

Note that this question would have been better asked on the mailing list, since
it is not noting a bug.


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