1 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
2 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
3 Changes since version 2.5.5:
7 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
9 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
12 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
13 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
14 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
15 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
17 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
20 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
21 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
23 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
24 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
27 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
28 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
30 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
33 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
34 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
36 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
37 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
39 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
44 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
45 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
47 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
48 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
49 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
51 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
53 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
55 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
56 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
57 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
59 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
60 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
62 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
63 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
64 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
66 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
67 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
69 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
70 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
72 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
73 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
75 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
79 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
82 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
84 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
86 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
88 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
91 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
92 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)