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	1	NEWS for rsync 2.6.1 (UNRELEASED)
	2	Protocol: 28 (changed)
	3	Changes since 2.6.0:
	4
	5	ENHANCEMENTS:
	6
	7	* Lower memory use and more optimal transfer of data over
	8	the socket (see the INTERNAL section for details).
	9
	10	* The RSYNC_PROXY environment variable can now contain a
	11	"USER:PASS@" prefix before the "HOST:PORT" information.
	12	(Bardur Arantsson)
	13
	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've processed.
	17	It also shows better current-rate-of-transfer and remaining-
	18	transfer-time values.
	19
	20	* The configure script now accepts --with-rsyncd-conf=PATH
	21	to override the default value of the /etc/rsyncd.conf file.
	22
	23	* Added a couple extra diffs in the "patches" dir, removed the
	24	ones that got applied, and rebuilt the rest.
	25
	26	BUG FIXES:
	27
	28	* When -x (--one-file-system) is combined with -L (--copy-links)
	29	or --copy-unsafe-links, no symlinked files are skipped, even
	30	if the referent file is on a different filesystem.
	31
	32	* The --link-dest code now works properly for a non-root user
	33	when (1) the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -o
	34	was specified, or (2) when the group of the source can't be
	35	used on the destination and -g was specified.
	36
	37	* Fixed a bug in the handling of -H (hard-links) that might
	38	cause the expanded PATH/NAME value of the current item to
	39	get overwritten (due to an expanded-name caching bug).
	40
	41	* We now reset the "new data has been sent" flag at the start
	42	of each file we send. This makes sure that an interrupted
	43	transfer with the --partial option set doesn't keep a shorter
	44	temp file than the current basis file when no new data has been
	45	transfered over the wire for that file.
	46
	47	* Fixed a byte-order problem in --batch-mode on big-endian
	48	machines. (Jay Fenlason)
	49
	50	* Fixed configure bug when running "./configure --disable-ipv6".
	51
	52	* Fixed "make test" bug when build dir is not the source dir.
	53
	54	* When using --cvs-exclude, the exclude items we get from a
	55	directory's .cvsignore file once again only affect that one
	56	directory (and not all following directories too). The
	57	items are also now properly word-split and parsed without
	58	any +/- prefix munging.
	59
	60	* When specifying the USER@HOST: prefix for a file, the USER
	61	part can now contain an '@', if needed (i.e. the last '@'
	62	is used to find the HOST, not the first).
	63
	64	* Fixed some bugs in the handling of group IDs for non-root
	65	users: (1) It properly handles a group that the sender didn't
	66	have a name for (it would previously skip changing the group
	67	on any files in that group). (2) If --numeric-ids is used,
	68	rsync no longer attempts to set groups that the user doesn't
	69	have the permission to set.
	70
	71	* Fixed the "refuse options" setting in the rsyncd.conf file.
	72
	73	* Improved the -x (--one-file-system) flag's handling of any
	74	mount-point directories we encounter. It is both more optimal
	75	(in that it no longer does a useless scan of the contents of
	76	the mount-point dirs) and also fixes a bug where a remapped
	77	mount of the original filesystem could get discovered in a
	78	subdir we should be ignoring.
	79
	80	* Rsync no longer discards a double-slash at the start of a filename
	81	when trying to open the file. It also no longer constructs names
	82	that start with a double slash (unless the user supplied them).
	83
	84	* Fixed compilation problem on Tru64 Unix (having to do with
	85	sockaddr.sa_len and sockaddr.sin_len).
	86
	87	* Fixed a compatibility problem interacting with older rsync
	88	versions that might send us an empty suffix without telling us
	89	about the backup-dir.
	90
	91	* The "hosts allow" option for a daemon-over-remote-shell
	92	process now has improved support for IPv6 addresses and a fix
	93	for systems that have a length field in their socket structs.
	94
	95	* Fixed the ability to request an empty backup suffix when
	96	sending files to an rsync daemon.
	97
	98	INTERNAL:
	99
	100	* Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty
	101	large speedup when running under MS Windows. (Craig Barratt)
	102
	103	* Optimizations to the name-handling/comparing code have made
	104	some significant reductions in user-CPU time for large file
	105	sets.
	106
	107	* Some variable-type cleanup that makes the code more consistent.
	108
	109	* Reduced memory requirements of hard link preservation.
	110	(J.W. Schultz)
	111
	112	* Implemented a new algorithm for hard-link handling that speeds
	113	up the code significantly. (J.W. Schultz and Wayne Davison)
	114
	115	* The --hard-link option now uses the first existing file in the
	116	group of linked files as the basis for the transfer. This
	117	prevents the sub-optimal transfer of a file's data when a new
	118	hardlink is added on the sending side and it sorts alphabetically
	119	earlier in the list than the files that are already present on the
	120	receiving side.
	121
	122	* Dropped support for protocol versions less than 20
	123	(2.3.0 released 15 Mar 1999) and activated warnings for
	124	protocols less than 25 (2.5.0 released 23 Aug 2001)
	125	(Wayne Davison and J.W. Schultz, severally)
	126
	127	* More optimal data transmission for --hard-links (protocol 28).
	128
	129	* More optimal data transmission for --checksum (protocol 28).
	130
	131	* Less memory is used when --checksum is specified.
	132
	133	* Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings).
	134
	135	* The generator is now better about not modifying the file list
	136	during the transfer in order to avoid a copy-on-write memory
	137	bifurcation (on systems where fork() uses shared memory).
	138	Previously, rsync's shared memory would slowly become unshared,
	139	resulting in real memory usage nearly doubling on the receiving
	140	side by the end of the transfer. Now, as long as permissions
	141	are being preserved, the shared memory should remain that way
	142	for the entire transfer.
	143
	144	* Changed hardlink info and file_struct + strings to use
	145	allocation pools. This reduces memory use for large file-
	146	sets and permits freeing memory to the OS. (J.W. Schultz)
	147
	148	* The 2 pipes used between the receiver and generator processes
	149	(which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe
	150	and the protocol improved so that (1) it is now impossible to
	151	have the "redo" pipe fill up and hang rsync, and (2) trailing
	152	messages from the receiver don't get lost on their way through
	153	the generator over to the sender (the latter mainly affected
	154	hard-link messages and verbose --stats output).
	155
	156	* The reading & writing of the file-list in batch-mode is now
	157	handled by the same code that sends & receives the list over
	158	the wire. This makes it much easier to maintain.
	159
	160	* Improved the internal uid/gid code to be more portable and
	161	a little more optimized.
	162
	163	* Device numbers are now sent as separate major/minor values
	164	with 32-bit accuracy for each one (protocol 28). Previously
	165	hard-link device data was sent as a single 64-bit number, and
	166	copied devices were sent as a single 32-bit number. This will
	167	make inter-operation of 64-bit binaries more compatible with
	168	their 32-bit brethren. Note that optimizations in the binary
	169	protocol often sends the device data using fewer bytes than
	170	before, even though more precision is now available.
	171
	172	* Some cleanup of the exclude/include structures and its code
	173	made things clearer, simpler, and more efficient.