Note about --dry-run.
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ffdb58a5 1rsync 2.5.5 "Snowy River" (2 April 2002)
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3 ENHANCEMENTS:
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5 * With --progress, when a transfer is complete show the time taken;
6 otherwise show expected time to complete. (Cameron Simpson)
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8 * Make "make install-strip" works properly, and "make install"
9 accepts a DESTDIR variable for help in building binary packages.
ef86d747 10 (Peter Breitenlohner, Greg Louis)
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12 * If configured with --enable-maintainer-mode, then on receipt of
13 a fatal signal rsync will try to open an xterm running gdb,
14 similarly to Samba's "panic action" or GNOME's bug-buddy.
15 (Martin Pool)
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18 BUG FIXES:
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20 * Fix situation where failure to fork (e.g. because out of process
21 slots) would cause rsync to kill all processes owned by the
22 current user. Yes, really! (Paul Haas, Martin Pool)
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d1239eae 24 * Fix test suite on Solaris. (Jos Backus, Martin Pool)
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26 * Fix minor memory leak in socket code. (Dave Dykstra, Martin
27 Pool.)
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29 * Fix --whole-file problem that caused it to be the default even
4cf64834 30 for remote connections. (Martin Pool, Frank Schulz)
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32 * Work around bug in Mac OS X mkdir(2), which cannot handle
33 trailing slashes.
34 <http://www.opensource.apple.com/bugs/X/BSD%20Kernel/2734739.html>
35 (Martin Pool)
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37 * Improved network error handling. (Greg A. Woods)