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-NEWS for rsync 2.6.8 (UNRELEASED)
+NEWS for rsync 2.6.8 (22 Apr 2006)

 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.7:
 
 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.7:
 


@@ -13,13 +13,55 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
       never indicates that the socket is writable for it to be notified about
       the EOF.  (This can happen when using stunnel).
 
       never indicates that the socket is writable for it to be notified about
       the EOF.  (This can happen when using stunnel).
 

+    - Fixed a problem with the file-reading code where a failed read (such as
+      that caused by a bad sector) would not advance the file's read-position
+      beyond the failed read's data.
+
+    - Fixed a logging bug where the "log file" directive was not being honored
+      in a single-use daemon (one spawned by a remote-shell connection or by
+      init).
+
+    - If rsync cannot honor the --delete option, we output an error and exit
+      instead of silently ignoring the option.
+
+    - Fixed a bug in the --link-dest code that prevented special files (such as
+      fifos) from being linked.
+
+    - The ability to hard-link symlinks and special files is now determined at
+      configure time instead of at runtime.  This fixes a bug with --link-dest
+      creating a hard-link to a symlink's referent on a BSD system.
+

   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 

-    - The support/rsyncstats script has an improved line-parsing regex that is
-      easier to read and also allows it to parse syslog-generated lines.
+    - In daemon mode, if rsync fails to bind to the requested port, the
+      error(s) returned by socket() and/or bind() are now logged.
+
+    - When we output a fatal error, we now output the version of rsync in the
+      message.
+
+    - Improved the documentation for the --owner and --group options.
+
+    - The rsyncstats script in "support" has an improved line-parsing regex
+      that is easier to read and also makes it to parse syslog-generated lines.
+
+    - A new script in "support": file-attr-restore, can be used to restore the
+      attributes of a file-set (the permissions, ownership, and group info)
+      taken from the cached output of a "find ARG... -ls" command.

 
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 
 
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 

+    - Removed the unused function write_int_named(), the unused variable
+      io_read_phase, and the rarely used variable io_write_phase.  This also
+      elides the confusing 'phase "unknown"' part of one error message.
+
+    - Removed two unused configure checks and two related (also unused)
+      compatibility functions.
+
+    - The xattrs.diff patch received a security fix that prevents a potential
+      buffer overflow in the receive_xattr() code.
+
+    - The acls.diff patch has been improved quite a bit, with more to come.
+

     - A new patch was added: log-file.diff.  This contains an early version of
       a future option, --log-file=FILE, that will allow any rsync to log its
     - A new patch was added: log-file.diff.  This contains an early version of
       a future option, --log-file=FILE, that will allow any rsync to log its

-      actions to a file (which is only supported by a daemon at present).
+      actions to a file (something that only a daemon supports at present).