#50350: rsync crashes: malloc error: "pointer being freed was not allocated" ---------------------+-------------------------------- Reporter: me@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.3.4 Resolution: | Keywords: Port: rsync | ---------------------+-------------------------------- Comment (by cameron.layne@…): I have the same problem. For me, it appears when I add the 'X' rsync option to copy extended attributes. {{{ # Successful case # ------------------- $ rsync -aP remoteserver:/sample-data . receiving incremental file list sample-data/ sample-data/foo.txt 7 100% 6.84kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=2/4) sample-data/hello.txt 14 100% 13.67kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#2, to-chk=1/4) sample-data/mydate.txt 29 100% 28.32kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#3, to-chk=0/4) # Now the error # ------------------- $ rsync -aXP remoteserver:/sample-data . receiving incremental file list sample-data/ sample-data/foo.txt 7 100% 6.84kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#1, to-chk=2/4) sample-data/hello.txt 14 100% 13.67kB/s 0:00:00 (xfr#2, to-chk=1/4) rsync(2689,0x7fff7bbac300) malloc: *** error for object 0x7fa300600070: pointer being freed was not allocated *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (157 bytes received so far) [generator] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [generator=3.1.2] }}} {{{ $ port installed rsync The following ports are currently installed: rsync @3.1.1_0 rsync @3.1.2_0 (active) $ rsync --version rsync version 3.1.2 protocol version 31 }}} -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50350#comment:2> MacPorts <https://www.macports.org/> Ports system for OS X