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1rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
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3 ANNOUNCEMENTS
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5 * Martin Pool <mbp@samba.org> is now a co-maintainer.
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7 NEW FEATURES
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9 * Support for LSB-compliant packaging <http://www.linuxbase.org/>
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11 * Shell wildcards are allowed in "auth users" lines.
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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>
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17 ENHANCEMENTS
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19 * Include/exclude cluestick: with -vv, print out whether files are
20 included or excluded and why.
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22 * Many error messages have more friendly explanations and more
23 details.
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25 * Manual page improvements plus scanty protocol documentation.
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27 * When running as --daemon in the background and using a "log
28 file" rsyncd.conf directive, close the log file every time it is
29 open when going to sleep on the socket. This allows the log
30 file to get cleaned out by another process.
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32 * Change to using libpopt rather than getopt for processing
33 options. This makes the code cleaner and the behaviour more
34 consistent across platforms. popt is included and built if not
35 installed on the platform.
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37 * More details in --version, including note about whether 64-bit
38 files, symlinks and hardlinks are supported.
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40 * MD4 code may use less CPU cycles.
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42 * Use mkstemp on systems where it is secure. If we use mktemp,
43 explain that we do it in a secure way.
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45 * --whole-file is the default when source and target are on the
46 local machine.
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48 BUG FIXES:
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50 * Attempt to fix Large File Summit support on AIX.
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52 * Attempt to fix error handling lockup bug.
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54 * Give a non-0 exit code if *any* of the files we have been asked
55 to transfer fail to transfer
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57 * Applied "simple nohang patch" from Wayne Davison.
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59 PLATFORMS:
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61 * Improved support for UNICOS (tested on Cray T3E and Cray SV1)
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63 * autoconf2.52 (or later) is now required to rebuild the autoconf
64 scripts. It is not required to simply build rsync.
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66 TESTING:
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68 * The existing test.sh script by Phil Hands has been merged into a
69 test framework that works from both "make check" and the Samba
70 build farm.