- * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
-
- * Fixed bogus "malformed address {hostname}" message in rsyncd log
- when checking IP address against hostnames from "hosts allow"
- and "hosts deny" parameters in config file.
-
- * Print heap statistics when verbose >= 2 instead of when >= 1.
-
- * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
- that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
- Wayne Davison)
-
- * Fixed a bug in the --backup code that could cause deleted files
- to not get backed up.
-
- * When the backup code makes new directories, create them with mode
- 0700 instead of 0755 (since the directory permissions in the
- backup tree are not yet copied from the main tree).
-
- * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner.
-
- * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly
- what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison)
-
- * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when
- using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison)
-
- * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing
- special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or
- --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the
- same path. A directory still cannot be replaced by a
- regular file unless --delete specified. (J.W. Schultz)
-
- * Detect and report when open or opendir succeed but read and
- readdir fail caused by network filesystems issues and truncated
- files. (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz)
-
- * Added a fix that should give ssh time to restore the tty settings
- if the user presses Ctrl-C at an ssh password prompt.
-
- INTERNAL:
-
- * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
- supporting. (J.W. Schultz)
-
- * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison)
-
- * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
- defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
-
- * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a
- lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides.
- Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value
- we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes).
- (Wayne Davison)
-
-
-NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7:
-Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
-Changes since version 2.5.6:
-
- SECURITY:
-
- * Fix buffer handling bugs. (Andrew Tridgell, Martin Pool, Paul
- Russell, Andrea Barisani)
-
-
-NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
-Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
-Changes since version 2.5.5: