rsync 3.0.9 to 3.2.7 transfers break with "rejecting unrequested file-list name"

[bruceg]

I just updated my system from rsync 3.2.4 to 3.2.7. I am pulling data from an older external system running rsync 3.0.9 (over which I have no control to upgrade). This command has been working for months. After upgrading, rsync fails with:

ERROR: rejecting unrequested file-list name: .htaccess
rsync error: requested action not supported (code 4) at flist.c(1000) [Receiver=3.2.7]

rsync on the remote indicates that it is using protocol 30, so I tried adding the --protocol=30 option to rsync, but it does not appear to make a difference.

The problem appears to be in the set of excludes given on the command line. A second rsync to the same host without excludes works.

[WayneD]

See the --trust-sender option. Or describe the failure in a meaningful manner. e.g. the command used, the files in the transfer.

https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/rsync.1#MULTI-HOST_SECURITY https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.5