-rsync 2.5.1 (2002-01-03)
+NEWS for rsync 2.6.9 (unreleased)
+Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
+Changes since 2.6.8:
+
+ BUG FIXES:
+
+ - An rsync daemon that is receiving files with "use chroot = no" no longer
+ sanitizes the symlink target strings. This means that each symlink's
+ value will now be accepted (and thus returned) with its symlink info
+ intact. Also, in order to keep things safe, all arg paths and any
+ dereferenced symlinks (e.g. via --copy-links or --keep-dirlinks) are
+ manually verified to ensure that no symlinks try to escape past the top
+ of the module's path. These changes make a non-chroot daemon behave the
+ same way as a chroot daemon with regard to symlinks, and also avoids a
+ potential problem where a pre-existing symlink 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 module's 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. This should help some C libraries to generate proper timestamps
+ from inside a chrooted daemon (and to not try to access /etc/timezone
+ over and over again).
+
+ - Fixed a bug in the handling of an absolute --partial-dir=ABS_PATH option:
+ it now deletes an alternate basis file from the partial-dir that was used
+ to successfully update a destination file.
- BUG FIXES:
-
- * Fix for segfault in --daemon mode configuration parser. (Paul
- Mackerras)
-
- * Correct string<->address parsing for both IPv4 and 6.
- (YOSHIFUJI Hideaki, SUMIKAWA Munechika and Jun-ichiro "itojun"
- Hagino)
-
- * Various fixes for IPv6 support. (Dave Dykstra)
-
- * rsync.1 typo fix. (Matt Kraai)
-
- * Test suite typo fixes. (Tom Schmidt)
+ ENHANCEMENTS:
- * rsync.1 grammar and clarity improvements. (Edward
- Welbourne)
+ - ...
- * Correction to ./configure tests for inet_ntop. (Jeff Garzik)
+ DEVELOPER RELATED:
- ENHANCEMENTS:
+ - 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.
- * --progress and -P now show estimated data transfer rate (in a
- multiple of bytes/s) and estimated time to completion. (Rik
- Faith)
-
- * --no-detach option, required to run as a W32 service and also
- useful when running on Unix under daemontools, AIX's SRC, or a
- debugger. (Max Bowsher, Jos Backus)
+ - Updated config.guess and config.sub to their 2006-02-23 version.
- * Clearer error messages for some conditions.
+ - Updated various files to include the latest FSF address and to have
+ consistent opening comments.