option. Prior versions used to output too many creation events for
matching items.
- - The code that waits for a child pid now handles being interrupted by
- a signal. This fixes a problem with the pre-xfer exec function not
- being able to get the exit status from the script.
+ - The code that waits for a child pid now handles being interrupted by a
+ signal. This fixes a problem with the pre-xfer exec function not being
+ able to get the exit status from the script.
- A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the
filter rules.
and exits. This should help users figure out that they can't use this
option to control a remote shell's password prompt.
+ - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination
+ directory are handled right when --perms is left off.
+
ENHANCEMENTS:
- A new incremental-recursion algorithm is now used when rsync is talking
- The default --delete algorithm is now --delete-during when talking to a
3.x rsync. This is a faster scan than using --delete-before (which is
- the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible
- with the new incremental recursion mode.
+ the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible with
+ the new incremental recursion mode.
+
+ - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to delete
+ files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate delete pass.
+
+ - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists. This is
+ an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need
+ to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new
+ acls.diff patch that will add that.)
+
+ - Added the --xattrs (-X) option to preserver extended attributes. This is
+ an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need
+ to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new
+ xattrs.diff patch that will add that.)
- - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to
- delete files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate
- delete pass.
+ - Added the --fake-super option that allows a non-super user to preserve
+ all attributes of a file by using a special extended-attribute idiom.
+ There is also an analogous "fake super" option for an rsync daemon.
- - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the
- receiving side is at least version 3.0.0. This means that you
- can pull from an older rsync with this option, but pushing to an
- older rsync will generate an error. *Be sure to never specify a 0
- value to an older rsync client, or it will be silently ignored.*
+ - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the receiving
+ side is at least version 3.0.0. This means that you can pull from an
+ older rsync with this option, but pushing to an older rsync will generate
+ an error. *Be sure to never specify a 0 value to an older rsync client,
+ or it will be silently ignored.*
- The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and
- receiving side for all protocol versions. For protocol 30, the use
- of a hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently
- convey to the receiver what files are linked together. This reduces
- the amount of data sent over the socket by a considerable margin
- (rather than adding more data), and limits the in-memory storage of
- the device+inode information to just the sending side for the new
- protocol 30, or to the receiving side when speaking an older protocol
- (note that older rsync versions kept the device+inode information on
- both sides).
+ receiving side for all protocol versions. For protocol 30, the use of a
+ hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently convey to the
+ receiver what files are linked together. This reduces the amount of data
+ sent over the socket by a considerable margin (rather than adding more
+ data), and limits the in-memory storage of the device+inode information
+ to just the sending side for the new protocol 30, or to the receiving
+ side when speaking an older protocol (note that older rsync versions kept
+ the device+inode information on both sides).
INTERNAL:
+ - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values).
+
+ - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc.
+
- Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters
easier without forcing variables via casts.
- Made the sending of some numbers more efficient for protocol 30.
+ - Make sure that a daemon process doesn't mind if the client was weird and
+ omitted the --server option.
+
- Improved the use of "const" on pointers.
DEVELOPER RELATED:
- - ...
+ - Rsync now has a way of handling protocol-version changes during the
+ development of a new protocol version. This exchange of sub-version
+ info does not interfere with the {MIN,MAX}_PROTOCOL_VERSION checking
+ in older versions (which would be the case if every minor change made
+ to the protocol in CVS incremented the main PROTOCOL_VERSION value).
Matt McCutchen's Web Site / rsync / rsync.git / blobdiff