Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 35 minutes ago

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pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/03/rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups - blog post

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rsync rsync.samba.org
So my systems recently updated to rsync 3.4.3 https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@JeremiahFieldhaven/116654345332213390
OpenRsync openrsync.org
I plan to package openrsync this weekend in alpine as an alternative to rsync https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116659903024289081
rsync: Consider reverting to pre-LLM version bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1138239
rsync and outrage medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0
Tridge returns to rsync lwn.net/Articles/968732

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