- Made glob_expand_one() public.

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
       option.  Prior versions used to output too many creation events for
       matching items.
 
       option.  Prior versions used to output too many creation events for
       matching items.
 

-    - The code that waits for a child pid now handles being interrupted by
-      a signal.  This fixes a problem with the pre-xfer exec function not
-      being able to get the exit status from the script.
+    - The code that waits for a child pid now handles being interrupted by a
+      signal.  This fixes a problem with the pre-xfer exec function not being
+      able to get the exit status from the script.

 
     - A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the
       filter rules.
 
     - A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the
       filter rules.


@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
     - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination
       directory are handled right when --perms is left off.
 
     - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination
       directory are handled right when --perms is left off.
 

+    - Improved --hard-link so that more corner cases are handled correctly
+      when combined with options such as --link-dest and/or --ignore-existing.
+

   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - A new incremental-recursion algorithm is now used when rsync is talking
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - A new incremental-recursion algorithm is now used when rsync is talking


@@ -41,12 +44,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
 
     - The default --delete algorithm is now --delete-during when talking to a
       3.x rsync.  This is a faster scan than using --delete-before (which is
 
     - The default --delete algorithm is now --delete-during when talking to a
       3.x rsync.  This is a faster scan than using --delete-before (which is

-      the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible
-      with the new incremental recursion mode.
+      the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible with
+      the new incremental recursion mode.

 
 

-    - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to
-      delete files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate
-      delete pass.
+    - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to delete
+      files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate delete pass.

 
     - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists.  This is
       an improved version of the prior patch that was available.  (If you need
 
     - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists.  This is
       an improved version of the prior patch that was available.  (If you need


@@ -58,25 +60,53 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
       to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new
       xattrs.diff patch that will add that.)
 
       to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new
       xattrs.diff patch that will add that.)
 

-    - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the
-      receiving side is at least version 3.0.0.  This means that you
-      can pull from an older rsync with this option, but pushing to an
-      older rsync will generate an error.  *Be sure to never specify a 0
-      value to an older rsync client, or it will be silently ignored.*
+    - Added the --fake-super option that allows a non-super user to preserve
+      all attributes of a file by using a special extended-attribute idiom.
+      There is also an analogous "fake super" option for an rsync daemon.
+
+    - Added the --iconv option, which allows rsync to convert filenames from
+      one character-set to another during the transfer.  The default is to make
+      this feature available as long as your system has iconv_open().  If
+      compilation fails, specify --disable-iconv to configure and rebuild.  If
+      you want rsync to perform character-set conversions by default, you can
+      specify --enable-iconv=CONVERT_STRING with the default value for the
+      --iconv option that you wish to use.  For example, --enable-iconv=. is a
+      good choice.  See the rsync man page for an explanation of the --iconv
+      option's settings.
+
+    - Added the --skip-compress=LIST option to override of the default list of
+      file suffixes that will not be compressed when using --compress.
+
+    - The --max-delete option now outputs a warning if it skipped any file
+      deletions, including a count of how many deletions were skipped.  (Older
+      versions just silently stopped deleting things.)
+
+    - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client to request that it warn
+      about any files that it wants to delete without deleting anything.  If
+      you're not sure what version the client is, you can use the less-obvious
+      --max-delete=-1, as old and new versions will both treat that as the
+      same request (though older versions don't warn).

 
     - The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and
 
     - The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and

-      receiving side for all protocol versions.  For protocol 30, the use
-      of a hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently
-      convey to the receiver what files are linked together.  This reduces
-      the amount of data sent over the socket by a considerable margin
-      (rather than adding more data), and limits the in-memory storage of
-      the device+inode information to just the sending side for the new
-      protocol 30, or to the receiving side when speaking an older protocol
-      (note that older rsync versions kept the device+inode information on
-      both sides).
+      receiving side for all protocol versions.  For protocol 30, the use of a
+      hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently convey to the
+      receiver what files are linked together.  This reduces the amount of data
+      sent over the socket by a considerable margin (rather than adding more
+      data), and limits the in-memory storage of the device+inode information
+      to just the sending side for the new protocol 30, or to the receiving
+      side when speaking an older protocol (note that older rsync versions kept
+      the device+inode information on both sides).
+
+    - A lot more --no-OPTION override options are now supported.

 
   INTERNAL:
 
 
   INTERNAL:
 

+    - The file-list sorting algorithm now uses a sort that keeps any same-
+      named items in the same order as they were specified.  This allows
+      rsync to always ensure that the first of the duplicates is the one
+      that will be included in the copy.  The new sort was also faster
+      than the glibc version of qsort() and mergesort() in my testing.
+

     - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values).
 
     - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc.
     - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values).
 
     - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc.


@@ -99,8 +129,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
 
     - Improved the use of "const" on pointers.
 
 
     - Improved the use of "const" on pointers.
 

+    - Improved J.W.'s pool_alloc routines to add a way of freeing older
+      sections of a pool's memory.
+

   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 

+    - Rsync is now licensed under the GPLv3 or later.
+

     - Rsync now has a way of handling protocol-version changes during the
       development of a new protocol version.  This exchange of sub-version
       info does not interfere with the {MIN,MAX}_PROTOCOL_VERSION checking
     - Rsync now has a way of handling protocol-version changes during the
       development of a new protocol version.  This exchange of sub-version
       info does not interfere with the {MIN,MAX}_PROTOCOL_VERSION checking