Use buffered I/O to read the exclude list.

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-NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
+NEWS for rsync 2.6.0 (1 Jan 2004)

 Protocol: 27 (changed)
 Protocol: 27 (changed)

-Changes since version 2.5.6:
+Changes since 2.5.7:

 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 

-    - Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
+    * "ssh" is now the default remote shell for rsync.  If you want to
+      change this, configure like this:  "./configure --with-rsh=rsh".
+
+    * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.

       Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
       Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the

-      --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
+      files read by the --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)

 
 

-    -  Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison
-       27. (J.W. Schultz)
+    * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol version
+      27. (J.W. Schultz)

 
 

-    -   Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length).
+    * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length).  The
+      per-file checksum size is determined according to an algorithm
+      provided by Donovan Baarda which reduces the probability of rsync
+      algorithm corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4
+      checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda)

 
 

-       The per-file checksum size is determined according
-       to an algorythm provided by Donovan Baarda which
-       reduces the probability of rsync algorithm
-       corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4
-       checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda)
+    * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary
+      unless the verbose option was specified at least twice.

 
 

-  BUG FIXES:
+    * Added a new error/warning code for when files vanish from the
+      sending side.  Made vanished source files not interfere with the
+      file-deletion pass when --delete-after was specified.

 
 

-    -   for protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
-       block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
-       Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
-       (Craig Barratt)
-  
-    -   for protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
-       mdfour.c as required by the RFC.  Previously only a 32 bit bit
-       counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
-       file sizes >= 512MB - 4.  (Craig Barratt)
+    * Various trailing-info sections are now preceded by a newline.

 
 

+  BUG FIXES:

 
 

-    - Fixed a crash bug when interacting with  Craiolder rsync versioss and
+    * Fixed several exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards.
+      This has a several user-visible effects, all of which make the
+      matching more consistent and intuitive.  This should hopefully not
+      cause anyone problems since it makes the matching work more like
+      what people are expecting. (Wayne Davison)
+
+      - A pattern with a "**" no longer causes a "*" to match slashes.
+        For example, with "/*/foo/**", "foo" must be 2 levels deep.
+       [If your string has BOTH "*" and "**" wildcards, changing the
+       "*" wildcards to "**" will provide the old behavior in all
+       versions.]
+
+      - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (like /foo
+        does).  [Use "/**/foo" to get the old behavior in all versions.]
+
+      - A non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of
+        the transfer.  E.g. "CVS/R*" matches at the end of the path,
+        just like the non-wildcard term "CVS/Root" does. [Use "/CVS/R*"
+        to get the old behavior in all versions.]
+
+      - Including a "**" in the match term causes it to be matched
+        against the entire path, not just the name portion, even if
+        there aren't any interior slashes in the term.  E.g. "foo**bar"
+        would exclude "/path/foo-bar" (just like before) as well as
+        "/foo-path/baz-bar" (unlike before).  [Use "foo*bar" to get the
+        old behavior in all versions.]
+
+    * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now
+      properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the
+      user's file-args are in the source tree.  (Wayne Davison)
+
+    * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the
+      block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
+      Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
+      (Craig Barratt)
+
+    * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
+      mdfour.c as required by the RFC.  Previously only a 32 bit bit
+      counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
+      file sizes >= 512MB - 4.  (Craig Barratt)
+
+    * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and

       multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
       (Wayne Davison)
 
       multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir.
       (Wayne Davison)
 

-    - Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.
-
-  INTERNAL:
-
-    - Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
-      supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
-
-    - Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
-
-
-NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
-Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
-Changes since version 2.5.5:
-
-  ENHANCEMENTS:
-
-    * The --delete-after option now implies --delete.  (Wayne Davison)
+    * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN.

 
 

-    * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir.  (Michael
-      Zimmerman)
+    * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g.

 
 

-    * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the
-      specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned)
-      server-daemon.  This allows someone to use daemon features, such
-      as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh.  (JD Paul)
+    * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more
+      consistent manner.

 
 

-    * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the
-      destination field.
+    * Fixed file I/O error detection.  (John Van Essen)

 
 

-    * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-",
-      rsync will read from standard input.  (J.W. Schultz)
+    * Fixed bogus "malformed address {hostname}" message in rsyncd log
+      when checking IP address against hostnames from "hosts allow"
+      and "hosts deny" parameters in config file.

 
 

-    * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that
-      unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory.
-      (J.W. Schultz)
+    * Print heap statistics when verbose >= 2 instead of when >= 1.

 
 

-    * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an
-      rsync run.  (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey)
+    * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
+      that contains already-compressed data.  (Yasuoka Masahiko and
+      Wayne Davison)

 
 

-    * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion.  (Jon
-      Middleton)
+    * Fixed a bug in the --backup code that could cause deleted files
+      to not get backed up.

 
 

-    * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
-      and "hosts deny" fields.  (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
+    * When the backup code makes new directories, create them with mode
+      0700 instead of 0755 (since the directory permissions in the
+      backup tree are not yet copied from the main tree).

 
 

-    * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
-      terminations.  (J.W. Schultz)
+    * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner.

 
 

-    * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
-      (Dave Dykstra)
+    * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly
+      what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison)

 
 

-  BUG FIXES:
-
-    * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3.  (John
-      L. Allen, Martin Pool)
-
-    * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not
-      in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand.  This prevents
-      timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen)
-
-    * Fix compilation on Tru64.  (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham)
-
-    * Better handling of some client-server errors.  (Martin Pool)
-
-    * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that
-      contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file
-      list) and using --delete.  (Wayne Davison)
-
-    * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple
-      dups in a row. (Wayne Davison)
+    * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when
+      using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison)

 
 

-    * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child
-      processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing
-      an error.  (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra)
+    * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing
+      special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or
+      --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the
+      same path.  A directory still cannot be replaced by a
+      regular file unless --delete specified.  (J.W. Schultz)

 
 

-    * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely
-      broken.  (Dave Dykstra)
+    * Detect and report when open or opendir succeed but read and
+      readdir fail caused by network filesystem issues and truncated
+      files.  (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz)

 
 

-    * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
-      (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie)
-
-    * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories
-      when --relative-paths/-R is set.  (Craig Barratt)
-
-    * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara)
+    * Added a fix that should give ssh time to restore the tty settings
+      if the user presses Ctrl-C at an ssh password prompt.

 
   INTERNAL:
 
 
   INTERNAL:
 

-    * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation.  (Martin
-      Pool, Nelson Beebe)
-
-    * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
-
-    * More test cases.  (Martin Pool)
+    * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
+      supporting. (J.W. Schultz)

 
 

-    * Some test-case fixes.  (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
+    * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)

 
 

-    * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
-      (Jos Backus)
+    * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
+      defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)

 
 

-    * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
-      means rsync should build on more platforms.  (Paul Green)
+    * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a
+      lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides.
+      Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value
+      we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes).
+      (Wayne Davison)