-rsync changes since last release
+NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
+Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
+Changes since version 2.5.6:
+
+ ENHANCEMENTS:
+
+ - Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
+ Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
+ --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
+
+ BUG FIXES:
+
+ - 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)
+
+ - 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:
* Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow"
and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji)
- * Set the default value of --modify-window to 2 on Cygwin. (Lapo
- Luchini)
+ * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line
+ terminations. (J.W. Schultz)
* Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set.
(Dave Dykstra)
BUG FIXES:
-
+
* Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John
L. Allen, Martin Pool)
broken. (Dave Dykstra)
* Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances.
- (Sviatoslav Sviridov)
+ (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)
+
INTERNAL:
- * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
+ * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin
Pool, Nelson Beebe)
* Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison)
* More test cases. (Martin Pool)
+ * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison)
+
* Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4.
(Jos Backus)
+
+ * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this
+ means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)