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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 BUG FIXES:
22
23 * for protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
24 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
25 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
26 (Craig Barratt)
27
28 * for protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
29 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
30 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
31 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
32
33 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versios and
34 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
35 (Wayne Davison)
36
37 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
38
39 INTERNAL:
40
41 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
42 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
43
44 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
45
46
47NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
48Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
49Changes since version 2.5.5:
50
51 ENHANCEMENTS:
52
53 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
54
55 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
56 Zimmerman)
57
58 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
59 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
60 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
61 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
62
63 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
64 destination field.
65
66 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
67 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
68
69 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
70 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
71 (J.W. Schultz)
72
73 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
74 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
75
76 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
77 Middleton)
78
79 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
80 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
81
82 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
83 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
84
85 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
86 (Dave Dykstra)
87
88 BUG FIXES:
89
90 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
91 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
92
93 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
94 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
95 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
96
97 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
98
99 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
100
101 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
102 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
103 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
104
105 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
106 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
107
108 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
109 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
110 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
111
112 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
113 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
114
115 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
116 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
117
118 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
119 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
120
121 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
122
123 INTERNAL:
124
125 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
126 Pool, Nelson Beebe)
127
128 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
129
130 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
131
132 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
133
134 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
135 (Jos Backus)
136
137 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
138 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)