Split code to generate "rwx-----" strings into lib/permstring.c so it

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
+rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)                -*- indented-text -*- 
 
   ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
       sets.  By Bert J. Dempsey and Debra Weiss, updated by Jos
       Backus.  <http://www.ils.unc.edu/i2dsi/unc_rsync+.html>
 
+    * IPv6 support based on a patch from KAME.net, on systems
+      including modern versions of Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX.  Also
+      includes IPv6 compatibility functions for old OSs by the
+      Internet Software Consortium, Paul Vixie, the OpenSSH
+      portability project, and OpenBSD.
+
   ENHANCEMENTS
 
     * Include/exclude cluestick: with -vv, print out whether files are
@@ -47,6 +53,8 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
 
   BUG FIXES:
 
+    * Fix for various bugs causing rsync to hang.
+
     * Attempt to fix Large File Summit support on AIX.
 
     * Attempt to fix error handling lockup bug.
@@ -54,7 +62,9 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
     * Give a non-0 exit code if *any* of the files we have been asked
       to transfer fail to transfer 
 
-    * Applied "simple nohang patch" from Wayne Davison.
+    * For log messages containing ridiculously long strings that might
+      overflow a buffer rsync no longer aborts, but rather prints an
+      ellipsis at the end of the string.  (Patch from Ed Santiago.)
 
   PLATFORMS:
 
@@ -68,3 +78,4 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
     * The existing test.sh script by Phil Hands has been merged into a
       test framework that works from both "make check" and the Samba
       build farm.
+