My preferred workaround for the VFAT problem is avoiding use of VFAT.
Unfortunately it may not always depend of a user. E.g. I recently get hit by this bug trying to copy files from my Olympus Voice Recorder to my system. The recorder is using VFAT. It wasn't my choice I cannot do with it anything. So, far I found that the only distribution that addressed it is Ubuntu in all its incarnations. In Ubuntu I have no problems. Thus my "workaround" is - I copy files to Ubuntu on my laptop and then 'scp -p' to my Debian Squeeze workstation.
My other workaround is I can usually create an archive of files I want to copy, then extract from the archive into the target location. Maybe "rsync --modify-window=3602" from comment 3 in the duped to bug can make rsync work as you'd wish?
In my case I wouldn't be able to do it either. So, the bug is a valid and nasty one. And it is a petty openSUSE still have in version 12.2. I recently posted my findings on debian.user newsgroup. I mentioned a workaround proposed by someone in the Debian Bug Tracking System. While it does work, I personally would avoid using it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org