also sprach Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> [2012.08.28.1650 +0200]:
> Maybe it is a bug that has been fixed in the current version but I
> know I have seen situations where the backup ended with an Alarm
> signal but files in the backup had been updating not long before the
> timeout.  I assumed it was an obscure bug in the rsync code to not
> advance the timer on any activity.

This sounds like what's happening here (3.1.0). You wouldn't happen
to have a pointer to the patch, would you? Or is it fixed in 3.2.1
(next Debian stable)? Then I would consider upgrading ahead of time…

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