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I think the appropriate next step to take with this bug would be to try and reproduce this with rsync built from the upstream tarball, with no distribution packaging. If it still does not work with the latest upstream, then this bug will need to go upstream. If this cannot be reproduced with a clean upstream binary, then we'll need to investigate what broke this in Ubuntu. Are you able to test this case, please? ** Changed in: rsync (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Tags added: needs-upstream-report -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1300768 Title: Rsync fails with (very) old server. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsync/+bug/1300768/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs