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1NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
2Protocol: 27 (changed)
3Changes since version 2.5.6:
4
5 ENHANCEMENTS:
6
7 * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
8 Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
9 --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
10
11 * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison
12 27. (J.W. Schultz)
13
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)
20
21 * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary
22 unless the verbose option was specified at least twice.
23
24 BUG FIXES:
25
26 * for protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
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)
30
31 * for protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
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)
35
36 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versios and
37 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
38 (Wayne Davison)
39
40 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
41
42 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p -o and -g.
43
44 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
45 consistent manner.
46
47
48 INTERNAL:
49
50 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
51 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
52
53 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
54
55
56NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
57Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
58Changes since version 2.5.5:
59
60 ENHANCEMENTS:
61
62 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
63
64 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
65 Zimmerman)
66
67 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
68 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
69 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
70 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
71
72 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
73 destination field.
74
75 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
76 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
77
78 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
79 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
80 (J.W. Schultz)
81
82 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
83 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
84
85 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
86 Middleton)
87
88 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
89 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
90
91 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
92 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
93
94 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
95 (Dave Dykstra)
96
97 BUG FIXES:
98
99 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
100 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
101
102 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
103 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
104 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
105
106 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
107
108 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
109
110 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
111 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
112 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
113
114 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
115 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
116
117 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
118 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
119 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
120
121 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
122 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
123
124 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
125 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
126
127 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
128 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
129
130 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
131
132 INTERNAL:
133
134 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
135 Pool, Nelson Beebe)
136
137 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
138
139 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
140
141 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
142
143 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
144 (Jos Backus)
145
146 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
147 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)