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1NEWS for rsync version 2.6.0
2Protocol: 27 (changed)
3Changes since version 2.5.7:
4
5 ENHANCEMENTS:
6
7 * "ssh" is now the default remote shell for rsync. If you want to
8 change this, configure like this: "./configure --with-rsh=rsh".
9
10 * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
11 Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
12 files read by the --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
13
14 * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol version
15 27. (J.W. Schultz)
16
17 * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length). The
18 per-file checksum size is determined according to an algorithm
19 provided by Donovan Baarda which reduces the probability of rsync
20 algorithm corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4
21 checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda)
22
23 * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary
24 unless the verbose option was specified at least twice.
25
26 * Added a new error/warning code for when files vanish from the
27 sending side. Made vanished source files not interfere with the
28 file-deletion pass when --delete-after was specified.
29
30 * Various trailing-info sections are now preceded by a newline.
31
32 BUG FIXES:
33
34 * Fixed several exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
35 This has a several user-visible effects, all of which make the
36 matching more consistent and intuitive. This should hopefully not
37 cause anyone problems since it makes the matching work more like
38 what people are expecting. (Wayne Davison)
39
40 - A pattern with a "**" no longer causes a "*" to match slashes.
41 For example, with "/*/foo/**", "foo" must be 2 levels deep.
42
43 - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (i.e. /foo).
44
45 - An non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of
46 the transfer. E.g. "CVS/R*" matches at the end of the path,
47 just like the non-wildcard term "CVS/Root" does.
48
49 - Including a "**" in the match term causes it to be matched
50 against the entire path, not just the name portion, even if
51 there aren't any interior slashes in the term. E.g. "foo**bar"
52 would exclude "/path/foo-bar" (just like before) as well as
53 "/foo-path/baz-bar" (for instance).
54
55 * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now
56 properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the
57 user's file-args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison)
58
59 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
60 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
61 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
62 (Craig Barratt)
63
64 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
65 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
66 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
67 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
68
69 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
70 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
71 (Wayne Davison)
72
73 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
74
75 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
76
77 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
78 consistent manner.
79
80 * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
81
82 * Fixed bogus "malformed address {hostname}" message in rsyncd log
83 when checking IP address against hostnames from "hosts allow"
84 and "hosts deny" parameters in config file.
85
86 * Print heap statistics when verbose >= 2 instead of when >= 1.
87
88 * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
89 that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
90 Wayne Davison)
91
92 * Fixed a bug in the --backup code that could cause deleted files
93 to not get backed up.
94
95 * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner.
96
97 * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly
98 what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison)
99
100 * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when
101 using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison)
102
103 * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing
104 special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or
105 --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the
106 same path. A directory still cannot be replaced by a
107 regular file unless --delete specified. (J.W. Schultz)
108
109 * Detect and report when open or opendir succeed but read and
110 readdir fail caused by network filesystems issues and truncated
111 files. (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz)
112
113 * Added a fix that should give ssh time to restore the tty settings
114 if the user presses Ctrl-C at an ssh password prompt.
115
116 INTERNAL:
117
118 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
119 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
120
121 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
122
123 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
124 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
125
126 * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a
127 lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides.
128 Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value
129 we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes).
130 (Wayne Davison)
131
132
133NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7:
134Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
135Changes since version 2.5.6:
136
137 SECURITY:
138
139 * Fix buffer handling bugs. (Andrew Tridgell, Martin Pool, Paul
140 Russell, Andrea Barisani)
141
142
143NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
144Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
145Changes since version 2.5.5:
146
147 ENHANCEMENTS:
148
149 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
150
151 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
152 Zimmerman)
153
154 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
155 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
156 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
157 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
158
159 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
160 destination field.
161
162 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
163 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
164
165 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
166 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
167 (J.W. Schultz)
168
169 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
170 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
171
172 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
173 Middleton)
174
175 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
176 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
177
178 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
179 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
180
181 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
182 (Dave Dykstra)
183
184 BUG FIXES:
185
186 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
187 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
188
189 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
190 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
191 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
192
193 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
194
195 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
196
197 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
198 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
199 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
200
201 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
202 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
203
204 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
205 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
206 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
207
208 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
209 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
210
211 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
212 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
213
214 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
215 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
216
217 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
218
219 INTERNAL:
220
221 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
222 Pool, Nelson Beebe)
223
224 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
225
226 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
227
228 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
229
230 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
231 (Jos Backus)
232
233 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
234 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)