to start with, the debian-rsync script should point to 'debian/', not '/debian/'. i realize the entire problem has to do with blocking out 'binary-*/' and 'disks-*' and then attempting to allow just the i386 stuff through with '+ *i386/'. the rsync works fine if i manually specify the directories to skip and don't attempt to make a rule and then modify it for a more simple setup. i've also tried setting the excludes without a '-' so it doesn't make an unbreakable rule with no avail. my rsync is functional with a specified script, so i don't really have a PROBLEM; i'm just wondering if the hamm version of rsync has a bug or a syntax error.
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