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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 * Fixed several exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
27 This has a several user-visible effects, all of which make the
28 matching more consistent and intuitive. This should hopefully not
29 cause anyone problems since it makes the matching work more like
30 what people are expecting. (Wayne Davison)
31
32 - A pattern with a "**" no longer causes a "*" to match slashes.
33 For example, with "/*/foo/**", "foo" must be 2 levels deep.
34
35 - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (i.e. /foo).
36
37 - An non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of
38 the transfer. E.g. "CVS/R*" matches at the end of the path,
39 just like the non-wildcard term "CVS/Root" does.
40
41 - Including a "**" in the match term causes it to be matched
42 against the entire path, not just the name portion, even if
43 there aren't any interior slashes in the term. E.g. "foo**bar"
44 would exclude "/path/foo-bar" (just like before) as well as
45 "/foo-path/baz-bar" (for instance).
46
47 * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now
48 properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the
49 user's file args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison)
50
51 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
52 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
53 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
54 (Craig Barratt)
55
56 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
57 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
58 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
59 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
60
61 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
62 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
63 (Wayne Davison)
64
65 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
66
67 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
68
69 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
70 consistent manner.
71
72 * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
73
74 * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
75 that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
76 Wayne Davison)
77
78 INTERNAL:
79
80 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
81 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
82
83 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
84
85 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
86 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
87
88
89NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
90Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
91Changes since version 2.5.5:
92
93 ENHANCEMENTS:
94
95 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
96
97 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
98 Zimmerman)
99
100 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
101 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
102 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
103 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
104
105 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
106 destination field.
107
108 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
109 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
110
111 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
112 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
113 (J.W. Schultz)
114
115 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
116 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
117
118 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
119 Middleton)
120
121 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
122 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
123
124 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
125 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
126
127 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
128 (Dave Dykstra)
129
130 BUG FIXES:
131
132 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
133 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
134
135 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
136 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
137 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
138
139 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
140
141 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
142
143 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
144 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
145 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
146
147 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
148 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
149
150 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
151 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
152 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
153
154 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
155 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
156
157 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
158 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
159
160 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
161 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
162
163 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
164
165 INTERNAL:
166
167 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
168 Pool, Nelson Beebe)
169
170 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
171
172 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
173
174 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
175
176 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
177 (Jos Backus)
178
179 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
180 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)