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1 | NEWS for rsync 2.6.1 (UNRELEASED) |
2 | Protocol: 27 (unchanged) | |
3 | Changes since 2.6.0: | |
4 | ||
5 | ENHANCEMENTS: | |
6 | ||
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7 | * Lower memory use and more optimal transfer of data over |
8 | the socket (see the INTERNAL section for details). | |
9 | ||
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10 | * The RSYNC_PROXY environment variable can now contain a |
11 | "USER:PASS@" prefix before the "HOST:PORT" information. | |
12 | (Bardur Arantsson) | |
13 | ||
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14 | * The --progress output now mentions how far along in the |
15 | transfer we are, including both a count of files transferred | |
16 | and a percentage of the total file-count that we're processed. | |
17 | ||
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18 | * The configure script now accepts --with-rsyncd-conf=PATH |
19 | to override the default value of the /etc/rsyncd.conf file. | |
20 | ||
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21 | BUG FIXES: |
22 | ||
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23 | * When -x (--one-file-system) is combined with -L (--copy-links) |
24 | or --copy-unsafe-links, no symlinked files are skipped, even | |
25 | if the referant file is on a different filesystem. | |
26 | ||
823edc68 | 27 | * The --link-dest code now works properly for a non-root user |
5d196694 | 28 | when the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -o was |
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29 | specified, and when the group of the source can't be used on |
30 | the destination and -g was specified. (Wayne Davison) | |
31 | ||
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32 | * Fixed a bug in the handling of -H (hard-links) that might |
33 | cause the expanded PATH/NAME value of the current item to | |
34 | get overwritten (due to an expanded-name caching bug). | |
35 | (Wayne Davison) | |
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37 | * We now reset the "new data has been sent" flag at the start |
38 | of each file we send. This makes sure that an interrupted | |
39 | transfer with the --partial option set doesn't keep a shorter | |
40 | temp file than the current basis file when no new data has been | |
41 | transfered over the wire for that file. (Wayne Davison) | |
823edc68 | 42 | |
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43 | * Fixed a byte-order problem in --batch-mode on big-endian |
44 | machines. (Jay Fenlason) | |
45 | ||
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46 | * Fixed configure bug when running "./configure --disable-ipv6". |
47 | (Wayne Davison) | |
48 | ||
49 | * Fixed "make test" bug when build dir is not the source dir. | |
50 | ||
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51 | * When using --cvs-exclude, the exclude items we get from a |
52 | directory's .cvsignore file once again only affect that one | |
53 | directory (and not all following directories too). | |
54 | ||
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55 | * When transferring a file that has group 0 with -g specified |
56 | (typically via -a) and not enough privs to retain the group, | |
6609a9f1 | 57 | rsync no longer complains about "chown" failing. |
b0a93231 | 58 | |
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59 | * When specifying the USER@HOST: prefix for a file, the USER |
60 | part can now contain an '@', if needed (i.e. the last '@' | |
61 | is used to find the HOST, not the first). | |
62 | ||
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63 | * Fixed some bugs in the handling of group IDs for non-root |
64 | users: (1) It properly handles a group that the sender didn't | |
65 | have a name for (it would previously skip changing the group | |
66 | on any files in that group). (2) If --numeric-ids is used, | |
67 | rsync no longer attempts to set groups that the user doesn't | |
68 | have the permission to set. | |
69 | ||
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70 | * Fixed the "refuse options" setting in the rsyncd.conf file. |
71 | ||
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72 | * Rsync no longer discards a double-slash at the start of a filename |
73 | when trying to open the file. It also no longer constructs names | |
74 | that start with a double slash (unless the user supplied both). | |
75 | ||
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76 | INTERNAL: |
77 | ||
86c4601e | 78 | * Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty |
a18381ac | 79 | large speedup when running under MS Windows. (Craig Barratt) |
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80 | |
81 | * Optimizations to the name-handling/comparing code have made | |
0a007489 | 82 | some significant reductions in user-CPU time for large file |
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83 | sets. (Wayne Davison) |
84 | ||
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85 | * Some variable-type cleanup that makes the code more consistent. |
86 | (Wayne Davison) | |
87 | ||
279b1c1e | 88 | * Reduced memory requirements of hard link preservation. |
0a007489 | 89 | (J.W. Schultz) |
279b1c1e | 90 | |
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91 | * Implemented a new algorithm for hard-link handling that speeds |
92 | up the code significantly. (J.W. Schultz and Wayne Davison) | |
93 | ||
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94 | * The --hard-link option now uses the first existing file in the |
95 | group of linked files as the basis for the transfer. This | |
96 | prevents the sub-optimal transfer of a file's data when a new | |
97 | hardlink is added on the sending side and it sorts alphabetically | |
98 | earlier in the list than the files that are already present on the | |
99 | receiving side. | |
100 | ||
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101 | * Dropped support for protocol versions less than 20 |
102 | (2.3.0 released 15 Mar 1999) and activated warnings for | |
103 | protocols less than 25 (2.5.0 released 23 Aug 2001) | |
104 | (Wayne Davison and J.W. Schultz, severally) | |
aa953c32 | 105 | |
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106 | * More optimal data transmission for --hard-links (protocol 28). |
107 | ||
108 | * More optimal data transmission for --checksum (protocol 28). | |
109 | ||
64f21c31 | 110 | * Less memory is used when --checksum is specified. |
1a62c49d | 111 | |
64f21c31 | 112 | * Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings). |
0a007489 | 113 | |
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114 | * Changed hardlink info and file_struct + strings to use |
115 | allocation pools. This reduces memory use for large | |
116 | filesets and permits freeing memory to the OS. (J.W. Schultz) | |
117 | ||
442743b8 | 118 | * The 2 pipes used between the receiver and generator processes |
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119 | (which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe |
120 | and the protocol improved so that (1) it is now impossible to | |
121 | have the "redo" pipe fill up and hang rsync, and (2) trailing | |
122 | messages from the receiver don't get lost on their way through | |
123 | the generator over to the sender (the latter mainly affected | |
124 | hard-link messages). (Wayne Davison) | |
125 | ||
126 | * The reading & writing of the file list in batch-mode is now | |
127 | handled by the same code that sends & receives the list over | |
128 | the wire. This makes it much easier to maintain. | |
442743b8 | 129 | |
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130 | * Optimized the -x (--one-file-system) flag's handling of any |
131 | mount-point directories we encounter (it no longer scans the | |
132 | contents of the mount-point dirs, just to throw away the data). | |
133 | ||
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134 | * Improved the internal uid/gid code to be more portable and |
135 | a little more optimized. | |
136 | ||
823edc68 | 137 | \f |
276877cf | 138 | NEWS for rsync 2.6.0 (1 Jan 2004) |
195bd906 | 139 | Protocol: 27 (changed) |
276877cf | 140 | Changes since 2.5.7: |
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141 | |
142 | ENHANCEMENTS: | |
143 | ||
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144 | * "ssh" is now the default remote shell for rsync. If you want to |
145 | change this, configure like this: "./configure --with-rsh=rsh". | |
146 | ||
58665d23 | 147 | * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0. |
89855e78 | 148 | Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the |
d00daf1f | 149 | files read by the --*-from options. (Wayne Davison) |
89855e78 | 150 | |
9e83fa99 | 151 | * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol version |
58665d23 | 152 | 27. (J.W. Schultz) |
195bd906 | 153 | |
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154 | * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length). The |
155 | per-file checksum size is determined according to an algorithm | |
156 | provided by Donovan Baarda which reduces the probability of rsync | |
157 | algorithm corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4 | |
58665d23 | 158 | checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda) |
195bd906 | 159 | |
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160 | * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary |
161 | unless the verbose option was specified at least twice. | |
162 | ||
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163 | * Added a new error/warning code for when files vanish from the |
164 | sending side. Made vanished source files not interfere with the | |
165 | file-deletion pass when --delete-after was specified. | |
166 | ||
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167 | * Various trailing-info sections are now preceded by a newline. |
168 | ||
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169 | BUG FIXES: |
170 | ||
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171 | * Fixed several exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards. |
172 | This has a several user-visible effects, all of which make the | |
173 | matching more consistent and intuitive. This should hopefully not | |
174 | cause anyone problems since it makes the matching work more like | |
175 | what people are expecting. (Wayne Davison) | |
176 | ||
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177 | - A pattern with a "**" no longer causes a "*" to match slashes. |
178 | For example, with "/*/foo/**", "foo" must be 2 levels deep. | |
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179 | [If your string has BOTH "*" and "**" wildcards, changing the |
180 | "*" wildcards to "**" will provide the old behavior in all | |
181 | versions.] | |
592f4696 | 182 | |
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183 | - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (like /foo |
184 | does). [Use "/**/foo" to get the old behavior in all versions.] | |
f2fe4903 | 185 | |
52fa4d78 | 186 | - A non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of |
f2fe4903 | 187 | the transfer. E.g. "CVS/R*" matches at the end of the path, |
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188 | just like the non-wildcard term "CVS/Root" does. [Use "/CVS/R*" |
189 | to get the old behavior in all versions.] | |
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190 | |
191 | - Including a "**" in the match term causes it to be matched | |
192 | against the entire path, not just the name portion, even if | |
193 | there aren't any interior slashes in the term. E.g. "foo**bar" | |
194 | would exclude "/path/foo-bar" (just like before) as well as | |
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195 | "/foo-path/baz-bar" (unlike before). [Use "foo*bar" to get the |
196 | old behavior in all versions.] | |
f2fe4903 | 197 | |
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198 | * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now |
199 | properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the | |
d00daf1f | 200 | user's file-args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison) |
52e628a8 | 201 | |
da2bcdd1 | 202 | * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the |
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203 | block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64. |
204 | Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum. | |
205 | (Craig Barratt) | |
256a9e37 | 206 | |
da2bcdd1 | 207 | * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in |
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208 | mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit |
209 | counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for | |
210 | file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt) | |
195bd906 | 211 | |
da2bcdd1 | 212 | * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and |
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213 | multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir. |
214 | (Wayne Davison) | |
215 | ||
58665d23 | 216 | * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN. |
89855e78 | 217 | |
da2bcdd1 | 218 | * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g. |
fab1f889 | 219 | |
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220 | * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more |
221 | consistent manner. | |
222 | ||
9b746433 | 223 | * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen) |
fab1f889 | 224 | |
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225 | * Fixed bogus "malformed address {hostname}" message in rsyncd log |
226 | when checking IP address against hostnames from "hosts allow" | |
227 | and "hosts deny" parameters in config file. | |
228 | ||
229 | * Print heap statistics when verbose >= 2 instead of when >= 1. | |
230 | ||
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231 | * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file |
232 | that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and | |
233 | Wayne Davison) | |
234 | ||
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235 | * Fixed a bug in the --backup code that could cause deleted files |
236 | to not get backed up. | |
237 | ||
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238 | * When the backup code makes new directories, create them with mode |
239 | 0700 instead of 0755 (since the directory permissions in the | |
240 | backup tree are not yet copied from the main tree). | |
241 | ||
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242 | * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner. |
243 | ||
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244 | * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly |
245 | what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison) | |
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246 | |
247 | * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when | |
248 | using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison) | |
4a7ee79d | 249 | |
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250 | * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing |
251 | special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or | |
252 | --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the | |
253 | same path. A directory still cannot be replaced by a | |
254 | regular file unless --delete specified. (J.W. Schultz) | |
255 | ||
6a7cc46c | 256 | * Detect and report when open or opendir succeed but read and |
52fa4d78 | 257 | readdir fail caused by network filesystem issues and truncated |
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258 | files. (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz) |
259 | ||
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260 | * Added a fix that should give ssh time to restore the tty settings |
261 | if the user presses Ctrl-C at an ssh password prompt. | |
262 | ||
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263 | INTERNAL: |
264 | ||
58665d23 | 265 | * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped |
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266 | supporting. (J.W. Schultz) |
267 | ||
58665d23 | 268 | * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison) |
89855e78 | 269 | |
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270 | * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new |
271 | defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison) | |
272 | ||
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273 | * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a |
274 | lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides. | |
275 | Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value | |
276 | we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes). | |
277 | (Wayne Davison) |