1 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
3 Changes since version 2.5.6:
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)
11 * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison
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)
21 * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary
22 unless the verbose option was specified at least twice.
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)
32 - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (i.e. /foo).
34 - An non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of
35 the transfer. E.g. "CVS/R*" matches at the end of the path,
36 just like the non-wildcard term "CVS/Root" does.
38 - Including a "**" in the match term causes it to be matched
39 against the entire path, not just the name portion, even if
40 there aren't any interior slashes in the term. E.g. "foo**bar"
41 would exclude "/path/foo-bar" (just like before) as well as
42 "/foo-path/baz-bar" (for instance).
44 * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now
45 properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the
46 user's file args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison)
48 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
49 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
50 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
53 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
54 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
55 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
56 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
58 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
59 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
62 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
64 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
66 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
69 * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
71 * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
72 that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
77 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
78 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
80 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
82 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
83 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
86 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
87 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
88 Changes since version 2.5.5:
92 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
94 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
97 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
98 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
99 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
100 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
102 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
105 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
106 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
108 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
109 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
112 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
113 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
115 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
118 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
119 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
121 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
122 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
124 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
129 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
130 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
132 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
133 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
134 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
136 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
138 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
140 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
141 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
142 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
144 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
145 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
147 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
148 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
149 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
151 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
152 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
154 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
155 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
157 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
158 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
160 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
164 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
167 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
169 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
171 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
173 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
176 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
177 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)