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-NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED)
+NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (11 Mar 2006)
+
 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.6:
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       longer complains about being unable to open the missing dir.
 
     - Fixed a bug where the --copy-links option would not affect implied
-      directories (see --relative) without --copy-unsafe-links.
+      directories without --copy-unsafe-links (see --relative).
 
     - Got rid of the need for --force to be used in some circumstances with
       --delete-after (making it consistent with --delete-before/-during).
@@ -104,6 +105,21 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
     - Rsync now ignores the SIGXFSZ signal, just in case your OS sends this
       when a file is too large (rsync handles the write error).
 
+    - Fixed a bug in the Proxy-Authorization header's base64-encoded value: it
+      was not properly padded with trailing '=' chars.  This only affects a
+      user that need to use a password-authenticated proxy for an outgoing
+      daemon-rsync connection.
+
+    - If we're transferring an empty directory to a new name, rsync no longer
+      forces S_IWUSR if it wasn't already set, nor does it accidentally leave
+      it set.
+
+    - Fixed a bug in the debug output (-vvvvv) that could mention the wrong
+      checksum for the current file offset.
+
+    - Rsync no longer allows a single directory to be copied over a non-
+      directory destination arg.
+
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files that
@@ -229,9 +245,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       clump up all the removals at the end).
 
     - A daemon now supersedes its minimal SIGCHLD handler with the standard
-      PID-remembering version after forking to handle the request.  This
-      ensures that the generator can get the child-exit status from the
-      receiver.
+      PID-remembering version after forking.  This ensures that the generator
+      can get the child-exit status from the receiver.
 
     - Use of the --bwlimit option no longer interferes with the remote rsync
       sending error messages about invalid/refused options.
@@ -281,6 +296,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
 
     - Unified the f_name() and the f_name_to() functions.
 
+    - Improved the hash-table code the sender uses to handle checksums to make
+      it use slightly less memory and run just a little faster.
+
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 
     - The diffs in the patches dir now require "patch -p1 <DIFF" instead of