From: Wayne Davison <wayne@opencoder.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2021 17:16:15 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Help avoid a --sparse --inplace bug in older rsyncs.
X-Git-Tag: v3.2.4pre1~57
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ec57c57baf848718bbab93fa0c597d15718acc5a;p=thirdparty%2Frsync.git

Help avoid a --sparse --inplace bug in older rsyncs.
---

diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index 9ffc3cf7..54998661 100644
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -2828,8 +2828,12 @@ void server_options(char **args, int *argc_p)
 		if (append_mode > 1)
 			args[ac++] = "--append";
 		args[ac++] = "--append";
-	} else if (inplace)
+	} else if (inplace) {
 		args[ac++] = "--inplace";
+		/* Work around a bug in older rsync versions (on the remote side) for --inplace --sparse */
+		if (sparse_files && !whole_file)
+			args[ac++] = "--no-W";
+	}
 
 	if (files_from && (!am_sender || filesfrom_host)) {
 		if (filesfrom_host) {