Change version to 2.5.6pre2

[rsync/rsync.git] / TODO

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e035e6c..aa08c86 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 BUGS ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 BUGS ---------------------------------------------------------------
 

+rsync-url barfs on upload
+
+  rsync foo rsync://localhost/transfer/
+
+  Fix the parser.
+
+

 There seems to be a bug with hardlinks
 
   mbp/2 build$ ls -l /tmp/a /tmp/b -i
 There seems to be a bug with hardlinks
 
   mbp/2 build$ ls -l /tmp/a /tmp/b -i


@@ -92,9 +99,11 @@ Progress indicator can produce corrupt output when transferring directories:
   main/binary-arm/math/
   main/binary-arm/misc/
 
   main/binary-arm/math/
   main/binary-arm/misc/
 

+

 lchmod
   I don't think we handle this properly on systems that don't have the
 lchmod
   I don't think we handle this properly on systems that don't have the

-  call.
+  call.  Are there any such?
+

 
 Cross-test versions
   Part of the regression suite should be making sure that we don't
 
 Cross-test versions
   Part of the regression suite should be making sure that we don't


@@ -106,6 +115,15 @@ Cross-test versions
   some testing and also be the most common case for having different
   versions and not being able to upgrade.
 
   some testing and also be the most common case for having different
   versions and not being able to upgrade.
 

+--no-blocking-io might be broken
+
+  in the same way as --no-whole-file; somebody needs to check.
+
+Do not rely on having a group called "nobody"
+
+  http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.1.0/gLSB/usernames.html
+
+  On Debian it's "nogroup"

 
 DAEMON --------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 DAEMON --------------------------------------------------------------
 


@@ -122,7 +140,7 @@ rsyncd over ssh
 FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 FEATURES ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 

---dry-run is insufficiently dry
+--dry-run is too dry

 
   Mark Santcroos points out that -n fails to list files which have
   only metadata changes, though it probably should.  
 
   Mark Santcroos points out that -n fails to list files which have
   only metadata changes, though it probably should.  


@@ -295,8 +313,39 @@ Hard-link handling
   might need a little program to check whether several names refer to
   the same file.
 
   might need a little program to check whether several names refer to
   the same file.
 

-IPv6

 
 

+
+Handling IPv6 on old machines
+
+  The KAME IPv6 patch is nice in theory but has proved a bit of a
+  nightmare in practice.  The basic idea of their patch is that rsync
+  is rewritten to use the new getaddrinfo()/getnameinfo() interface,
+  rather than gethostbyname()/gethostbyaddr() as in rsync 2.4.6.
+  Systems that don't have the new interface are handled by providing
+  our own implementation in lib/, which is selectively linked in.
+
+  The problem with this is that it is really hard to get right on
+  platforms that have a half-working implementation, so redefining
+  these functions clashes with system headers, and leaving them out
+  breaks.  This affects at least OSF/1, RedHat 5, and Cobalt, which
+  are moderately improtant.
+
+  Perhaps the simplest solution would be to have two different files
+  implementing the same interface, and choose either the new or the
+  old API.  This is probably necessary for systems that e.g. have
+  IPv6, but gethostbyaddr() can't handle it.  The Linux manpage claims
+  this is currently the case.
+
+  In fact, our internal sockets interface (things like
+  open_socket_out(), etc) is much narrower than the getaddrinfo()
+  interface, and so probably simpler to get right.  In addition, the
+  old code is known to work well on old machines.
+
+  We could drop the rather large lib/getaddrinfo files.
+
+
+Other IPv6 stuff:
+  

   Implement suggestions from http://www.kame.net/newsletter/19980604/
   and ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/RFC/rfc2553.txt
 
   Implement suggestions from http://www.kame.net/newsletter/19980604/
   and ftp://ftp.iij.ad.jp/pub/RFC/rfc2553.txt
 


@@ -476,6 +525,8 @@ chmod:
   the program.  For bonus points there would be a test case for the  
   parser.
 
   the program.  For bonus points there would be a test case for the  
   parser.
 

+  Possibly also --chown
+

   (Debian #23628)
 
 
   (Debian #23628)
 
 


@@ -642,6 +693,12 @@ Versions of read() and write() that corrupt the stream, or abruptly fail
 Separate makefile target to run rough tests -- or perhaps just run
 them every time?
 
 Separate makefile target to run rough tests -- or perhaps just run
 them every time?
 

+Test "refuse options" works
+
+  What about for --recursive?
+
+  If you specify an unrecognized option here, you should get an error.
+

 
 DOCUMENTATION --------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 DOCUMENTATION --------------------------------------------------------