-NEWS for rsync 2.6.9 (unreleased)
-Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
-Changes since 2.6.8:
+NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED)
+Protocol: 30 (changed)
+Changes since 2.6.9:
BUG FIXES:
- - An rsync daemon that is receiving files with "use chroot = no" no longer
- sanitizes the symlink target strings. This means that the symlinks
- values will now be accepted (and returned) with all their symlink info
- intact. Also, in order to keep things safe, any option that tells a
- non-chroot daemon to treat some symlinks as their referent (such as
- --copy-links or --keep-dirlinks) now manually checks the symlink chain
- to ensure that the symlinks do not try to escape past the top of the
- module's path. This makes a non-chroot daemon behave the same as a
- chroot daemon with regard to symlinks, and also avoids a potential
- problem where pre-existing symlinks could have escaped the module's
- hierarchy.
-
- - Fixed a overzealous sanitizing bug in the handling of the --*-dest
- options (--link-dest, --copy-dest, and --compare-dest): if the copy's
- destination dir is deeper than the top of the module's path, these
- options now accept a safe number of ../ (parent-dir) references (since
- these options are relative to the destination dir). The old code
- incorrectly chopped off all "../" prefixes for these options, no matter
- how deep the destination directory was in the hierarchy.
-
- - Fixed a bug where a deferred info/error/log message could get sent
- directly to the sender instead of being handled by rwrite() in the
- generator. This fixes an "unexpected tag 3" fatal error, and should
- also fix a potential problem where a deferred info/error message from
- the receiver might bypass the log file and get sent only to the client
- process. (These problems could only affect an rsync daemon that was
- receiving files.)
-
- - Make sure that the --link-dest option can still do its job even when -I
- or --size-only is specified.
-
- - The daemon now calls more timezone-using functions prior to doing a
- chroot.
+ - Fixed the output of -ii when combined with one of the --*-dest options:
+ it now itemizes all the items, not just the changed ones.
+
+ - Made the output of all file types consistent when using a --*-dest
+ option. Prior versions used to output too many creation events for
+ matching items.
+
+ - A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the
+ filter rules.
ENHANCEMENTS:
- - ...
+ - 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.
- DEVELOPER RELATED:
+ - 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.*
+
+ INTERNAL:
+
+ - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters
+ easier without forcing variables via casts.
- - The acls.diff and xattrs.diff patches have received a bunch of work to
- make them much closer to being acceptable in the main distribution.
+ - Upgraded the included popt version to 1.10.2 and improved its use of
+ string-handling functions.
- - Updated config.guess and config.sub to their 2006-02-23 version.
+ - Added missing prototypes for compatibility functions from the lib dir.
- - Updated various files to include the latest FSF address and to have
- consistent opening comments.
+ - Configure determines if iconv() has a const arg, allowing us to avoid a
+ compiler warning.
+
+ - Made the sending of some numbers more efficient for protocol 30.
+
+ - Improved the use of "const" on pointers.
+
+ DEVELOPER RELATED:
+
+ - ...