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 * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now
27 properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the
28 user's file args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison)
30 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
31 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
32 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
35 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
36 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
37 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
38 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
40 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
41 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
44 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
46 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
48 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
51 * Fixed some exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
52 For instance, "**/foo" now matches at the root, "CVS/R*" now
53 matches beyond the root, and "foo**bar" is matched against the
54 path, not just the trailing name. (Wayne Davison)
56 * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
60 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
61 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
63 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
65 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
66 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
69 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
70 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
71 Changes since version 2.5.5:
75 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
77 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
80 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
81 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
82 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
83 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
85 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
88 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
89 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
91 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
92 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
95 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
96 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
98 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
101 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
102 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
104 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
105 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
107 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
112 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
113 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
115 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
116 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
117 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
119 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
121 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
123 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
124 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
125 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
127 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
128 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
130 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
131 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
132 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
134 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
135 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
137 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
138 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
140 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
141 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
143 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
147 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
150 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
152 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
154 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
156 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
159 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
160 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)