Support new XFLG_ABS_IF_SLASH flag.

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
 
     - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again.
 
-    - If a device changed permissions, rsync no longer recreates the device
-      instead of just updating the permissions.
+    - If a device-file/special-file changes permissions, rsync now updates the
+      permissions without recreating the file.
 
     - If the user specifies a remote-host for both the source and destination,
       we now output a syntax error rather than trying to open the destination
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       permissions 0600 instead of 0000 -- this makes restarting possible when
       the transfer gets interrupted in the middle of sending a new file.
 
+    - Reject the combination of --inplace and --sparse since the sparse-output
+      algorithm doesn't work when overwriting existing data.
+
+    - Fixed the directory name in the error that is output when pop_dir()
+      fails.
+
+    - Really fixed the parsing of a "!" entry in .cvsignore files this time.
+
+    - If the generator gets a stat() error on a file, output it (this used to
+      require at least -vv for the error to be seen).
+
+    - If waitpid() fails or the child rsync didn't exit cleanly, we now handle
+      the exit status properly and generate a better error.
+
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files
@@ -43,6 +57,16 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
       "--archive --no-owner") can be used to turn off the preservation of
       file ownership that is implied by -a.
 
+    - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon,
+      which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files.
+
+    - If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will
+      now delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized.
+
+    - Some minor documentation improvements.
+
+    - Updated some diffs in the patches dir.
+
   INTERNAL:
 
     - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where
@@ -50,3 +74,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.6:
 
     - If io_printf() tries to format more data than fits in the buffer, exit
       with an error instead of transmitting a truncated buffer.
+
+  DEVELOPER RELATED:
+
+    - Several diffs in the patches dir now use the proper --enable-FOO
+      configure option instead of --with-FOO to turn on the inclusion of
+      the newly patched feature.
+