1 NEWS for rsync version 2.6.0
3 Changes since version 2.5.7:
7 * "ssh" is now the default remote shell for rsync. If you want to
8 change this, configure like this: "./configure --with-rsh=rsh".
10 * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
11 Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
12 files read by the --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
14 * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison
17 * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length).
18 The per-file checksum size is determined according
19 to an algorythm provided by Donovan Baarda which
20 reduces the probability of rsync algorithm
21 corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4
22 checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda)
24 * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary
25 unless the verbose option was specified at least twice.
27 * Added a new error/warning code for when files vanish from the
28 sending side. Made vanished source files not interfere with the
29 file-deletion pass when --delete-after was specified.
33 * Fixed several exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
34 This has a several user-visible effects, all of which make the
35 matching more consistent and intuitive. This should hopefully not
36 cause anyone problems since it makes the matching work more like
37 what people are expecting. (Wayne Davison)
39 - A pattern with a "**" no longer causes a "*" to match slashes.
40 For example, with "/*/foo/**", "foo" must be 2 levels deep.
42 - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (i.e. /foo).
44 - An non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of
45 the transfer. E.g. "CVS/R*" matches at the end of the path,
46 just like the non-wildcard term "CVS/Root" does.
48 - Including a "**" in the match term causes it to be matched
49 against the entire path, not just the name portion, even if
50 there aren't any interior slashes in the term. E.g. "foo**bar"
51 would exclude "/path/foo-bar" (just like before) as well as
52 "/foo-path/baz-bar" (for instance).
54 * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now
55 properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the
56 user's file-args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison)
58 * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
59 block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
60 Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
63 * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
64 mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
65 counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
66 file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt)
68 * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
69 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
72 * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
74 * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.
76 * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
79 * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
81 * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
82 that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
85 * Fixed a bug in the --backup code that could cause deleted files
88 * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner.
90 * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly
91 what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison)
93 * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when
94 using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison)
96 * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing
97 special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or
98 --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the
99 same path. A directory still cannot be replaced by a
100 regular file unless --delete specified. (J.W. Schultz)
102 * Detect and report when open or opendir succeed but read and
103 readdir fail caused by network filesystems issues and truncated
104 files. (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz)
108 * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
109 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
111 * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
113 * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
114 defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
116 * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a
117 lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides.
118 Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value
119 we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes).
123 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7:
124 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
125 Changes since version 2.5.6:
129 * Fix buffer handling bugs. (Andrew Tridgell, Martin Pool, Paul
130 Russell, Andrea Barisani)
133 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
134 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
135 Changes since version 2.5.5:
139 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
141 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
144 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
145 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
146 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
147 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
149 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
152 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
153 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
155 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
156 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
159 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
160 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
162 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
165 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
166 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
168 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
169 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
171 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
176 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
177 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
179 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
180 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
181 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
183 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
185 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
187 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
188 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
189 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
191 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
192 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
194 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
195 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
196 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
198 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
199 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
201 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
202 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
204 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
205 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
207 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
211 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
214 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
216 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
218 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
220 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
223 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
224 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)