[Bug 1453440] [NEW] Rsync -z fails under 15.04 with "rsync: on remote machine: --new-compress: unknown option"

[Christopher Barrington-Leigh]

Public bug reported:

Recently my rsyncs all fail, both to RHEL 6 and to Ubuntu 14.04 as
remote hosts.

$   rsync -z otherserveR:myfile ./

rsync: on remote machine: --new-compress: unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at main.c(1572) [server=3.1.0]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.1]

I'm on the latest 15.04, and I think it started with 15.04, ie it seems
to be a regression. (but I cannot find other recent reports).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
Package: rsync 3.1.1-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-16.16-generic 3.19.3
Uname: Linux 3.19.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.17.2-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat May  9 14:49:30 2015
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-28 (42 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150325)
SourcePackage: rsync
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug vivid

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  compress: unknown option"

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