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89855e78 1NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
195bd906 2Protocol: 27 (changed)
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3Changes since version 2.5.6:
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5 ENHANCEMENTS:
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58665d23 7 * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
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8 Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
9 --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
10
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11 * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison
12 27. (J.W. Schultz)
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14 * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length).
15 The per-file checksum size is determined according
16 to an algorythm provided by Donovan Baarda which
17 reduces the probability of rsync algorithm
18 corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4
19 checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda)
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21 * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary
22 unless the verbose option was specified at least twice.
23
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24 BUG FIXES:
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da2bcdd1 26 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
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27 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
28 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
29 (Craig Barratt)
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da2bcdd1 31 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
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32 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
33 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
34 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
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da2bcdd1 36 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
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37 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
38 (Wayne Davison)
39
58665d23 40 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
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da2bcdd1 42 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
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44 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
45 consistent manner.
46
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47 * Fixed some exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
48 For instance, "**/foo" now matches at the root, "CVS/R*" now
49 matches beyond the root, and "foo**bar" is matched against the
50 path, not just the trailing name. (Wayne Davison)
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53 INTERNAL:
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58665d23 55 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
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56 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
57
58665d23 58 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
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8395d246 61NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
3742bf3a 62Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
8395d246 63Changes since version 2.5.5:
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65 ENHANCEMENTS:
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bc2b4963 67 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
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bc2b4963 69 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
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70 Zimmerman)
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72 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
73 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
74 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
bc2b4963 75 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
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77 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
78 destination field.
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f8a94f0d 80 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
bc2b4963 81 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
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83 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
84 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
85 (J.W. Schultz)
86
1b85e3f1 87 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
bc2b4963 88 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
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90 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
91 Middleton)
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93 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
94 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
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96 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
97 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
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99 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
100 (Dave Dykstra)
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6c92af20 102 BUG FIXES:
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104 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
105 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
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107 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
108 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
109 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
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111 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
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113 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
114
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115 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
116 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
117 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
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119 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
120 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
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122 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
123 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
124 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
125
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126 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
127 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
128
b765ec32 129 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
aa2c47d8 130 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
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132 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
133 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
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135 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
136
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137 INTERNAL:
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89855e78 139 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
bdae761e 140 Pool, Nelson Beebe)
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142 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
143
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144 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
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146 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
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148 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
149 (Jos Backus)
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151 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
755bcd37 152 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)