test: differential st_blocks for --sparse/--preallocate and --ignore-existing wire volume

- Assert FastSync's sparse/preallocate block accounting matches rsync 3.4.1
  for a hole file (preallocate wins over sparse, exactly like rsync).
- Assert --ignore-existing is answered by the receiver before the sender
  transmits the payload (CountingProxy wire volume near-zero).
- CountingProxy.run gains a bounded join_timeout so tests that only need the
  client->server count do not wait for the server's idle socket.
- Fix the stale protocol 2.24.0 comment in test_config.c (golden is 2.26.0).

tests/integration/common.py

@@ -101,9 +101,15 @@ class CountingProxy:
                 return
             counter[0] += len(data)
 
-    def run(self, cmd):
+    def run(self, cmd, join_timeout=20):
         """Forward one client run (the full command list) to the real server and
-        return the CompletedProcess after the counts have settled."""
+        return the CompletedProcess after the counts have settled.
+
+        ``join_timeout`` bounds how long to wait for the forwarding threads.  The
+        client->server count is published as soon as the client side reaches EOF
+        (i.e. once the client process has exited), so callers that only need that
+        count can pass a small value instead of waiting for the server to close
+        its idle socket."""
 
         def serve():
             try:
@@ -119,15 +125,15 @@ class CountingProxy:
             a.start()
             b.start()
             a.join()
-            b.join()
             self.client_to_server = c2s[0]
+            b.join()
             self.server_to_client = s2c[0]
             self._listener.close()
 
-        thread = threading.Thread(target=serve)
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=serve, daemon=True)
         thread.start()
         result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=180)
-        thread.join(20)
+        thread.join(join_timeout)
         return result