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Re: rsync broken

From Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject Re: rsync broken
Date 2026-08-24 02:57 +0000
Organization Some absurd concept
Message-ID <eli$2608232257@qaz.wtf> (permalink)
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In alt.os.linux.slackware, Joseph Rosevear  <Mail@JoesLife.org> wrote:
> Rsync appears to have a bug.  "Too many levels of symbolic links (40)" 
> when --exclude-from=<path containing a symbolic link> is given.  My work 
> around, once Claude AI and I found the problem, was to replace the path 
> with what is given by readlink -f.
> 
> I suppose I need to report this?

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/03/rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups/

Yeah, the AI fix to the AI problem will help a lot.

Elijah
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rsync broken Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-08-23 23:53 +0000
  Re: rsync broken Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2026-08-24 02:57 +0000
    Re: rsync broken Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-08-24 05:34 +0000
    Re: rsync broken noel <deletethis@invalid.lan> - 2026-08-24 16:50 +1000
  Re: rsync broken Joseph Rosevear <Mail@JoesLife.org> - 2026-08-24 09:21 +0000
    Re: rsync broken John McCue <jmclnx@gmail.com.invalid> - 2026-08-24 18:12 +0000
      Re: rsync broken kaukasoina3dore73js4@sci.fi (Petri Kaukasoina) - 2026-08-25 12:44 +0000

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