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 - A pattern with a "**" no longer causes a "*" to match slashes.
33 For example, with "/*/foo/**", "foo" must be 2 levels deep.
35 - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (i.e. /foo).
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.
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).
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)
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.
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)
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.
65 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
67 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
69 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
72 * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
74 * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
75 that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
78 * Fixed a bug in the --backup code that could cause deleted files
81 * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner.
83 * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly
84 what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison)
86 * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when
87 using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison)
89 * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing
90 special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or
91 --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the
92 same path. A directory still cannot be replaced by a
93 regular file unless --delete specified. (J.W. Schultz)
97 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
98 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
100 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
102 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
103 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
105 * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a
106 lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides.
107 Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value
108 we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes).
112 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
113 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
114 Changes since version 2.5.5:
118 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
120 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
123 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
124 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
125 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
126 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
128 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
131 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
132 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
134 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
135 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
138 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
139 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
141 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
144 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
145 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
147 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
148 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
150 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
155 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
156 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
158 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
159 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
160 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
162 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
164 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
166 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
167 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
168 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
170 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
171 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
173 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
174 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
175 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
177 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
178 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
180 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
181 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
183 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
184 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
186 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
190 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
193 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
195 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
197 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
199 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
202 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
203 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)