rsync - Nov 2010 - DO NOT REPLY [Bug 7807] New: Error when using rsync: as protocol prefix and :: as module separator

https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7807

           Summary: Error when using rsync: as protocol prefix and :: as
                    module separator
           Product: rsync
           Version: 3.0.7
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P3
         Component: core
        AssignedTo: wayned at samba.org
        ReportedBy: bugs.samba.org at hacking.co.uk
         QAContact: rsync-qa at samba.org


When attempting to use rsync with a URL such as that shown below which uses
"rsync:" as a protocol prefix and "::" as a module separator
the error shown
beneath is produced:

rsync -a rsync://rsync.mad-hacking.net::hacking-gentoo-overlay ~/test/

ssh: Could not resolve hostname rsync: Name or service not known

Using the "/" as a module separator, or omitting the rsync: protocol
prefix, as
shown below, works normally.

rsync -a rsync://rsync.mad-hacking.net/hacking-gentoo-overlay/ ~/test/
rsync -a rsync.mad-hacking.net::hacking-gentoo-overlay ~/test/


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------- Comment #1 from brian at aljex.com  2010-11-20 18:53 CST -------

The last two syntaxes are described in the man-page and of course they work. 

The first syntax and anything else you invent will of course not work.

I see no bug.


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bugs.samba.org at hacking.co.uk changed:

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




------- Comment #2 from bugs.samba.org at hacking.co.uk  2010-11-20 19:27 CST
-------
Fair enough - the command in question was being generated by some other
software.  If you do a quick Google it would seem it is not alone in generating
such malformed code.

At first glance the man page doesn't seem to say it is invalid although
closer
inspection does seem to imply that I agree.  Perhaps better wording of the
examples section would make it clearer?


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