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4eb61975 | 1 | rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :) -*- indented-text -*- |
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2 | |
3 | ANNOUNCEMENTS | |
4 | ||
5 | * Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org> is now a co-maintainer. | |
6 | ||
7 | NEW FEATURES | |
8 | ||
9 | * Support for LSB-compliant packaging <http://www.linuxbase.org/> | |
10 | ||
11 | * Shell wildcards are allowed in "auth users" lines. | |
12 | ||
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13 | * Merged UNC rsync+ patch to support creation of standalone patch |
14 | sets. By Bert J. Dempsey and Debra Weiss, updated by Jos | |
15 | Backus. <http://www.ils.unc.edu/i2dsi/unc_rsync+.html> | |
16 | ||
4eb61975 | 17 | * IPv6 support based on a patch from KAME.net, on systems |
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18 | including modern versions of Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX. Also |
19 | includes IPv6 compatibility functions for old OSs by the | |
20 | Internet Software Consortium, Paul Vixie, the OpenSSH | |
21 | portability project, and OpenBSD. | |
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23 | ENHANCEMENTS |
24 | ||
25 | * Include/exclude cluestick: with -vv, print out whether files are | |
26 | included or excluded and why. | |
27 | ||
28 | * Many error messages have more friendly explanations and more | |
29 | details. | |
30 | ||
31 | * Manual page improvements plus scanty protocol documentation. | |
32 | ||
33 | * When running as --daemon in the background and using a "log | |
34 | file" rsyncd.conf directive, close the log file every time it is | |
35 | open when going to sleep on the socket. This allows the log | |
36 | file to get cleaned out by another process. | |
37 | ||
38 | * Change to using libpopt rather than getopt for processing | |
39 | options. This makes the code cleaner and the behaviour more | |
40 | consistent across platforms. popt is included and built if not | |
41 | installed on the platform. | |
42 | ||
43 | * More details in --version, including note about whether 64-bit | |
44 | files, symlinks and hardlinks are supported. | |
45 | ||
46 | * MD4 code may use less CPU cycles. | |
47 | ||
48 | * Use mkstemp on systems where it is secure. If we use mktemp, | |
49 | explain that we do it in a secure way. | |
50 | ||
51 | * --whole-file is the default when source and target are on the | |
52 | local machine. | |
53 | ||
54 | BUG FIXES: | |
55 | ||
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56 | * Fix for various bugs causing rsync to hang. |
57 | ||
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58 | * Attempt to fix Large File Summit support on AIX. |
59 | ||
60 | * Attempt to fix error handling lockup bug. | |
61 | ||
62 | * Give a non-0 exit code if *any* of the files we have been asked | |
63 | to transfer fail to transfer | |
64 | ||
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65 | * For log messages containing ridiculously long strings that might |
66 | overflow a buffer rsync no longer aborts, but rather prints an | |
67 | ellipsis at the end of the string. (Patch from Ed Santiago.) | |
68 | ||
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69 | PLATFORMS: |
70 | ||
71 | * Improved support for UNICOS (tested on Cray T3E and Cray SV1) | |
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72 | |
73 | * autoconf2.52 (or later) is now required to rebuild the autoconf | |
74 | scripts. It is not required to simply build rsync. | |
75 | ||
76 | TESTING: | |
77 | ||
78 | * The existing test.sh script by Phil Hands has been merged into a | |
79 | test framework that works from both "make check" and the Samba | |
80 | build farm. | |
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