Fixed the sending of large files with older rsync versions by

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@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ Changes since 3.0.2:
     - Fixed a problem with how a destination path with a trailing slash or
       a trailing dot-dir was compared against the daemon excludes.
 
     - Fixed a problem with how a destination path with a trailing slash or
       a trailing dot-dir was compared against the daemon excludes.
 

+    - Fixed the sending of large (size > 16GB) files when talking to an older
+      rsync (protocols < 30):  we now use a compatible block size limit.
+

     - If a file's length is so huge that we overflow a checksum buffer count
       (i.e. several hundred TB), warn the user and avoid sending an invalid
       checksum struct over the wire.
 
     - If a file's length is so huge that we overflow a checksum buffer count
       (i.e. several hundred TB), warn the user and avoid sending an invalid
       checksum struct over the wire.
 

-    - If an source arg is excluded, --relative no longer adds the excluded
+    - If a source arg is excluded, --relative no longer adds the excluded

       arg's implied dirs to the transfer.  This fix also made the exclude
       check happen in the better place in the sending code.
 
       arg's implied dirs to the transfer.  This fix also made the exclude
       check happen in the better place in the sending code.