Some superficial tweaks I made while reading through the io.c code.
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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 * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now
27 properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the
28 user's file args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison)
29
30 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
31 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
32 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
33 (Craig Barratt)
34
35 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
36 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
37 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
38 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
39
40 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
41 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
42 (Wayne Davison)
43
44 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
45
46 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
47
48 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
49 consistent manner.
50
51 * Fixed some exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
52 For instance, "**/foo" now matches at the root, "CVS/R*" now
53 matches beyond the root, and "foo**bar" is matched against the
54 path, not just the trailing name. (Wayne Davison)
55
56 * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
57
58 * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
59 that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
60 Wayne Davison)
61
62 INTERNAL:
63
64 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
65 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
66
67 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
68
69 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
70 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
71
72
73NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
74Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
75Changes since version 2.5.5:
76
77 ENHANCEMENTS:
78
79 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
80
81 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
82 Zimmerman)
83
84 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
85 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
86 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
87 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
88
89 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
90 destination field.
91
92 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
93 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
94
95 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
96 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
97 (J.W. Schultz)
98
99 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
100 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
101
102 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
103 Middleton)
104
105 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
106 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
107
108 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
109 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
110
111 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
112 (Dave Dykstra)
113
114 BUG FIXES:
115
116 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
117 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
118
119 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
120 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
121 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
122
123 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
124
125 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
126
127 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
128 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
129 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
130
131 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
132 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
133
134 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
135 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
136 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
137
138 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
139 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
140
141 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
142 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
143
144 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
145 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
146
147 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
148
149 INTERNAL:
150
151 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
152 Pool, Nelson Beebe)
153
154 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
155
156 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
157
158 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
159
160 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
161 (Jos Backus)
162
163 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
164 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)