Some demon_log_* variables changed into logfile_* variables that are

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -7,22 +7,21 @@ Changes since 2.6.8:
     - An rsync daemon that is receiving files with "use chroot = no" no longer
       sanitizes the symlink target strings.  This means that each symlink's
       value will now be accepted (and thus returned) with its symlink info
-      intact.  Also, in order to keep things safe, any option that tells a
-      non-chroot daemon to treat some symlinks as their referent (such as
-      --copy-links or --keep-dirlinks) now manually checks the symlink chain
-      to ensure that the symlinks do not try to escape past the top of the
-      module's path.  Both these changes make a non-chroot daemon behave the
-      same as a chroot daemon with regard to symlinks, and also avoids a
+      intact.  Also, in order to keep things safe, all arg paths and any
+      dereferenced symlinks (e.g. via --copy-links or --keep-dirlinks) are
+      manually verified to ensure that no symlinks try to escape past the top
+      of the module's path.  These changes make a non-chroot daemon behave the
+      same way as a chroot daemon with regard to symlinks, and also avoids a
       potential problem where a pre-existing symlink could have escaped the
       module's hierarchy.
 
     - Fixed a overzealous sanitizing bug in the handling of the --*-dest
-      options (--link-dest, --copy-dest, and --compare-dest):  if the copy's
+      options (--link-dest, --copy-dest, and --compare-dest): if the copy's
       destination dir is deeper than the top of the module's path, these
       options now accept a safe number of ../ (parent-dir) references (since
       these options are relative to the destination dir).  The old code
       incorrectly chopped off all "../" prefixes for these options, no matter
-      how deep the destination directory was in the hierarchy.
+      how deep the destination directory was in the module's hierarchy.
 
     - Fixed a bug where a deferred info/error/log message could get sent
       directly to the sender instead of being handled by rwrite() in the
@@ -36,7 +35,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.8:
       or --size-only is specified.
 
     - The daemon now calls more timezone-using functions prior to doing a
-      chroot.
+      chroot.  This should help some C libraries to generate proper timestamps
+      from inside a chrooted daemon (and to not try to access /etc/timezone
+      over and over again).
+
+    - Fixed a bug in the handling of an absolute --partial-dir=ABS_PATH option:
+      it now deletes an alternate basis file from the partial-dir that was used
+      to successfully update a destination file.
 
   ENHANCEMENTS: