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[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)                -*- indented-text -*- 
+rsync 2.5.0 (2001-11-30)               -*- indented-text -*- 
 
   ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)              -*- indented-text -*-
       Backus.  <http://www.ils.unc.edu/i2dsi/unc_rsync+.html>
 
     * IPv6 support based on a patch from KAME.net, on systems
-      including modern versions of Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX.
+      including modern versions of Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX.  Also
+      includes IPv6 compatibility functions for old OSs by the
+      Internet Software Consortium, Paul Vixie, the OpenSSH
+      portability project, and OpenBSD.
 
   ENHANCEMENTS
 
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)               -*- indented-text -*-
       file to get cleaned out by another process.
 
     * Change to using libpopt rather than getopt for processing
-      options.  This makes the code cleaner and the behaviour more
+      options. This makes the code cleaner and the behaviour more
       consistent across platforms.  popt is included and built if not
       installed on the platform.
 
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)               -*- indented-text -*-
       explain that we do it in a secure way.
 
     * --whole-file is the default when source and target are on the
-        local machine.
+       local machine.
 
   BUG FIXES:
 
@@ -68,11 +71,44 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)             -*- indented-text -*-
     * Improved support for UNICOS (tested on Cray T3E and Cray SV1)
 
     * autoconf2.52 (or later) is now required to rebuild the autoconf
-      scripts.  It is not required to simply build rsync.
+      scripts. It is not required to simply build rsync.
+
+    * Platforms thought to work in this release:
+
+               Cray SV1 UNICOS 10.0.0.8 cc
+               Debian Linux 2.2 UltraSparc gcc
+               Debian Linux testing/unstable ARM gcc
+               FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386 cc
+               FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE i386 cc
+               FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 cc
+               HP PA-RISC HP-UX 10.20 gcc
+               HP PA-RISC HP-UX 11.11 cc
+               IRIX 6.5 MIPS cc
+               IRIX 6.5 MIPS gcc
+               Mac OS X PPC (--disable-ipv6) cc
+               NetBSD 1.5 i386 gcc
+               NetBSD Current i386 cc
+               OpenBSD 2.5 Sparc gcc
+               OpenBSD 2.9 i386 cc
+               OpenBSD Current i386 cc
+               RedHat 6.2 i386 gcc
+               RedHat 6.2 i386 insure++
+               RedHat 7.0 i386 gcc
+               RedHat 7.1 i386 (Kernel 2.4.10) gcc
+               Slackware 8.0 i686 (Kernel 2.4.10)
+               Solaris 8 UltraSparc cc
+               Solaris 8 UltraSparc gcc
+               Solaris 8 i386 gcc
+               SuSE 7.1 i386 gcc2.95.2
+               SuSE 7.1 ppc gcc2.95.2
+               i386-pc-sco3.2v5.0.5 cc
+               i386-pc-sco3.2v5.0.5 gcc
+               powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0 cc
+               i686-unknown-sysv5UnixWare7.1.0 gcc
+               i686-unknown-sysv5UnixWare7.1.0 cc
 
   TESTING:
 
     * The existing test.sh script by Phil Hands has been merged into a
       test framework that works from both "make check" and the Samba
       build farm.
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