1 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
2 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
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)
13 - Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and
14 multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
17 - Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
21 - Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
22 supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
24 - Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
27 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
28 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
29 Changes since version 2.5.5:
33 * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison)
35 * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael
38 * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
39 specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
40 server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such
41 as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul)
43 * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
46 * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
47 rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz)
49 * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
50 unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
53 * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
54 rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
56 * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon
59 * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
60 and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
62 * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
63 terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
65 * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
70 * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
71 L. Allen, Martin Pool)
73 * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
74 in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents
75 timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
77 * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
79 * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool)
81 * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
82 contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
83 list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison)
85 * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
86 dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
88 * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
89 processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
90 an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
92 * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
93 broken. (Dave Dykstra)
95 * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
96 (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
98 * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
99 when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt)
101 * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
105 * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
108 * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
110 * More test cases. (Martin Pool)
112 * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
114 * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
117 * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
118 means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)