--- rsync-2.6.6.orig/exclude.c	2005-07-07 14:49:14.000000000 -0500
+++ rsync-2.6.6/exclude.c	2006-01-06 14:59:34.000000000 -0600
@@ -997,8 +997,10 @@
 		int ch, overflow = 0;
 		while (1) {
 			if ((ch = getc(fp)) == EOF) {
-				if (ferror(fp) && errno == EINTR)
+				if (ferror(fp) && errno == EINTR) {
+					clearerr(fp);
 					continue;
+				}
 				break;
 			}
 			if (word_split && isspace(ch))