Make get_xattr_names() even safer at fetching the list of attr names.

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
       an implied dir be duplicated as a symlink, you should specify the
       transfer of the symlink and the transfer of the referent directory as
       separate args.  (See also --keep-dirlinks and --no-implied-dirs.)
+      Also, exclude rules no longer have a partial effect on implied dirs.
 
     - Requesting a remote file list without specifying -r (--recursive) now
       sends the -d (--dirs) option to the remote rsync rather than sending -r
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
     - In --dry-run mode, the last line of the verbose summary text is output
       with a "(DRY RUN)" suffix to help remind you that no updates were made.
 
-    - A writable rsync daemon that disables "use chroot" now defaults to a
+    - A writable rsync daemon with "use chroot" disabled now defaults to a
       symlink-munging behavior designed to make symlinks safer while also
       allowing absolute symlinks to be stored and retrieved.  This also has
       the effect of making symlinks unusable while they're in the daemon's
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
       options:  --compare-dest, --link-dest, --copy-dest, --partial-dir,
       --backup-dir, --temp-dir, and --files-from.
 
+    - If a file's data arrived successfully on the receiving side but the
+      rename of the temporary file to the destination file failed AND the
+      --remove-source-files (or the deprecated --remove-sent-files) option
+      was specified, rsync no longer erroneously removes the associated
+      source file.
+
     - Fixed the output of -ii when combined with one of the --*-dest options:
       it now itemizes all the items, not just the changed ones.
 
@@ -91,6 +98,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
     - Any errors output about password-file reading no longer cause an error at
       the end of the run about a partial transfer.
 
+    - The --read-batch option for protocol 30 now ensures that several more
+      options are set correctly for the current batch file:  --iconv, --acls,
+      --xattrs, --inplace, --append, and --append-verify.
+
     - Using --only-write-batch to a daemon receiver now work properly (older
       versions would update some files while writing the batch).
 
@@ -126,7 +137,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
     - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists.  This is
       an improved version of the prior patch that was available, and it even
       supports OS X ACLs.  If you need to have backward compatibility with old,
-      acl-patched versions of rsync, apply the acls.diff file from the patches
+      ACL-patched versions of rsync, apply the acls.diff file from the patches
       dir.
 
     - Added the --xattrs (-X) option to preserver extended attributes.  This is