[Bug 1751489] [NEW] rsync dies with "inflate returned -3 (0 bytes)"

[Konstantin Boyandin]

Public bug reported:

On Ubuntu 16.04, when rsyncing big KVM VM image (17,055,219,712 bytes),
sync error happens each time I try to use command

rsync -vaz -e ssh host:/path/to/file ./

The full text printed:

    inflate returned -3 (0 bytes)
    rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at token.c(557) [receiver=3.1.1]
    rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (72 bytes received so far) [generator]
    rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.1]

On receiving side: Ubuntu 16.04.3 64bit, rsync 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.2
On remote side: Ubuntu 14.04.5 64bit, rsync 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2

** Affects: rsync (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  rsync dies with "inflate returned -3 (0 bytes)"

Status in rsync package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On Ubuntu 16.04, when rsyncing big KVM VM image (17,055,219,712
  bytes), sync error happens each time I try to use command

  rsync -vaz -e ssh host:/path/to/file ./

  The full text printed:

      inflate returned -3 (0 bytes)
      rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at token.c(557) [receiver=3.1.1]
      rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (72 bytes received so far) [generator]
      rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.1]

  On receiving side: Ubuntu 16.04.3 64bit, rsync 3.1.1-3ubuntu1.2
  On remote side: Ubuntu 14.04.5 64bit, rsync 3.1.0-2ubuntu0.2

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