[SAC] [OSGeo] #2956: libtiff files rsync from upload.osgeo.org no longer works

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#2956: libtiff files rsync from upload.osgeo.org no longer works
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 Reporter:  rouault        |      Owner:  sac@…
     Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Unplanned
Component:  Systems Admin  |   Keywords:
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 Reported by Bob Friesenhahn in
 https://gitlab.com/libtiff/libtiff/-/issues/598:

 {{{
 For the past two days, upload.osgeo.org no longer responds properly to
 anonymous rsync requests at
 'rsync://upload.osgeo.org/download/libtiff/', which corresponds to TCP
 port 873.
 Rsync is useful for sites which want to automatically mirror the
 libtiff distribution and test files, with a minimum of overhead.
 I have enough access to the server to verify that the rsync configuration
 (/etc/rsyncd.conf) is still present and that rsync should be
 started via a legacy init script (/etc/init.d/rsync).
 I am able to test rsync using its script and it does report a problem for
 the past two days:

 bfriesen at download:/etc/init.d$ /etc/init.d/rsync status
 ● rsync.service - fast remote file copy program daemon
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rsync.service; enabled; vendor
 preset: enabled)
      Active: failed (Result: signal) since Mon 2023-07-24 00:52:22 UTC; 2
 days ago
        Docs: man:rsync(1)
              man:rsyncd.conf(5)
     Process: 99 ExecStart=/usr/bin/rsync --daemon --no-detach
 (code=killed, signal=KILL)
    Main PID: 99 (code=killed, signal=KILL)

 Warning: some journal files were not opened due to insufficient
 permissions.bfriesen at download:/etc/init.d

 A system administrator is needed to investigate and fix this issue.
 Perhaps there might be other server issues as well since this service has
 been working for many years.

 Steps to reproduce

 rsync -rlptv --delete rsync://upload.osgeo.org/download/libtiff/
 ./mydir/libtiff
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2956>
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