Reject attempts to combine --sparse with --inplace.

diff --git a/options.c b/options.c
index cb721d6a1280f35eebcd7656a8cf63b4087f7d41..aa231f7ff6b81c52813942234cc58d045bdfa08e 100644 (file)
--- a/options.c
+++ b/options.c
@@ -1159,6 +1159,14 @@ int parse_arguments(int *argc, const char ***argv, int frommain)
                        bwlimit_writemax = 512;
        }
 
                        bwlimit_writemax = 512;
        }
 

+       if (sparse_files && inplace) {
+               /* Note: we don't check for this below, because --update is
+                * OK with --sparse (as long as redos are handled right). */
+               snprintf(err_buf, sizeof err_buf,
+                        "--sparse cannot be used with --inplace\n");
+               return 0;
+       }
+

        if (append_mode) {
                if (whole_file > 0) {
                        snprintf(err_buf, sizeof err_buf,
        if (append_mode) {
                if (whole_file > 0) {
                        snprintf(err_buf, sizeof err_buf,