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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" (unlike before).
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 * When the backup code makes new directories, create them with mode
96 0700 instead of 0755 (since the directory permissions in the
97 backup tree are not yet copied from the main tree).
98
99 * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner.
100
101 * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly
102 what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison)
103
104 * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when
105 using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison)
106
107 * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing
108 special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or
109 --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the
110 same path. A directory still cannot be replaced by a
111 regular file unless --delete specified. (J.W. Schultz)
112
113 * Detect and report when open or opendir succeed but read and
114 readdir fail caused by network filesystems issues and truncated
115 files. (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz)
116
117 * Added a fix that should give ssh time to restore the tty settings
118 if the user presses Ctrl-C at an ssh password prompt.
119
120 INTERNAL:
121
122 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
123 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
124
125 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
126
127 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
128 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
129
130 * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a
131 lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides.
132 Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value
133 we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes).
134 (Wayne Davison)
135
136
137NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7:
138Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
139Changes since version 2.5.6:
140
141 SECURITY:
142
143 * Fix buffer handling bugs. (Andrew Tridgell, Martin Pool, Paul
144 Russell, Andrea Barisani)
145
146
147NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
148Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
149Changes since version 2.5.5:
150
151 ENHANCEMENTS:
152
153 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
154
155 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
156 Zimmerman)
157
158 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
159 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
160 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
161 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
162
163 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
164 destination field.
165
166 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
167 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
168
169 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
170 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
171 (J.W. Schultz)
172
173 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
174 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
175
176 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
177 Middleton)
178
179 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
180 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
181
182 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
183 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
184
185 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
186 (Dave Dykstra)
187
188 BUG FIXES:
189
190 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
191 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
192
193 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
194 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
195 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
196
197 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
198
199 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
200
201 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
202 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
203 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
204
205 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
206 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
207
208 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
209 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
210 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
211
212 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
213 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
214
215 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
216 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
217
218 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
219 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
220
221 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
222
223 INTERNAL:
224
225 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
226 Pool, Nelson Beebe)
227
228 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
229
230 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
231
232 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
233
234 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
235 (Jos Backus)
236
237 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
238 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)