Re: Cygwin/rsync Hang Problem Testing Results

[Paul Thompson <captbunzo at squirrelmail dot org>]

Mark Thornton wrote:

> > So, based on my testing, I would conclude that the infamous cygwin 
> > rsync hang bug was introduced somewhere in the coding for 2.4.6. As 
> > for myself, I plan to go ahead and just use version 2.4.0, as it is 
> > the most recent version of rsync that worked for all three tests. If 
> > I can be of any more help, including testing patches, please let me 
> > know.
>
> Can you suggest a download source for 2.4.0? I have only been able to 
> find 2.4.6, 2.5.6-1 and 2.5.6-2. By the way were either of your 
> machines dual processors (or hyperthreaded)?


rsync ftp site -

   http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/old-versions/rsync-2.4.0.tar.gz
   http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/old-versions/

And one of my machines is dual processored. However, the machine that I 
did all of my testing on was a normal Pentium-4 laptop. No 
hyperthreading, I think...

Paul


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