transfer we are, including both a count of files transferred
and a percentage of the total file-count that we're processed.
+ * The configure script now accepts --with-rsyncd-conf=PATH
+ to override the default value of the /etc/rsyncd.conf file.
+
BUG FIXES:
+ * When -x (--one-file-system) is combined with -L (--copy-links)
+ or --copy-unsafe-links, no symlinked files are skipped, even
+ if the referant file is on a different filesystem.
+
* The --link-dest code now works properly for a non-root user
- when the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -u was
+ when the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -o was
specified, and when the group of the source can't be used on
the destination and -g was specified. (Wayne Davison)
get overwritten (due to an expanded-name caching bug).
(Wayne Davison)
- * Keep per-file track of the sending of literal data with
- --partial so that an interrupted transfer doesn't keep a
- shorter temp file when no new data has been transfered over
- the wire. (Wayne Davison)
+ * We now reset the "new data has been sent" flag at the start
+ of each file we send. This makes sure that an interrupted
+ transfer with the --partial option set doesn't keep a shorter
+ temp file than the current basis file when no new data has been
+ transfered over the wire for that file. (Wayne Davison)
* Fixed a byte-order problem in --batch-mode on big-endian
machines. (Jay Fenlason)
* When transferring a file that has group 0 with -g specified
(typically via -a) and not enough privs to retain the group,
- rsync no longer complains about chown failing.
+ rsync no longer complains about "chown" failing.
* When specifying the USER@HOST: prefix for a file, the USER
part can now contain an '@', if needed (i.e. the last '@'
is used to find the HOST, not the first).
+ * Fixed some bugs in the handling of group IDs for non-root
+ users: (1) It properly handles a group that the sender didn't
+ have a name for (it would previously skip changing the group
+ on any files in that group). (2) If --numeric-ids is used,
+ rsync no longer attempts to set groups that the user doesn't
+ have the permission to set.
+
+ * Fixed the "refuse options" setting in the rsyncd.conf file.
+
+ * Rsync no longer discards a double-slash at the start of a filename
+ when trying to open the file. It also no longer constructs names
+ that start with a double slash (unless the user supplied both).
+
INTERNAL:
* Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty
* Implemented a new algorithm for hard-link handling that speeds
up the code significantly. (J.W. Schultz and Wayne Davison)
- * Got rid of support for protocol versions 17 and 18 (which are
- both over 6 years old). (Wayne Davison)
+ * The --hard-link option now uses the first existing file in the
+ group of linked files as the basis for the transfer. This
+ prevents the sub-optimal transfer of a file's data when a new
+ hardlink is added on the sending side and it sorts alphabetically
+ earlier in the list than the files that are already present on the
+ receiving side.
+
+ * Dropped support for protocol versions less than 20
+ (2.3.0 released 15 Mar 1999) and activated warnings for
+ protocols less than 25 (2.5.0 released 23 Aug 2001)
+ (Wayne Davison and J.W. Schultz, severally)
* More optimal data transmission for --hard-links (protocol 28).
* More optimal data transmission for --checksum (protocol 28).
- * Less memory used for holding --checksum data.
+ * Less memory is used when --checksum is specified.
+
+ * Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings).
- * Less memory used per-file in the file list.
+ * Changed hardlink info and file_struct + strings to use
+ allocation pools. This reduces memory use for large
+ filesets and permits freeing memory to the OS. (J.W. Schultz)
* The 2 pipes used between the receiver and generator processes
(which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe
handled by the same code that sends & receives the list over
the wire. This makes it much easier to maintain.
+ * Optimized the -x (--one-file-system) flag's handling of any
+ mount-point directories we encounter (it no longer scans the
+ contents of the mount-point dirs, just to throw away the data).
+
+ * Improved the internal uid/gid code to be more portable and
+ a little more optimized.
+
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NEWS for rsync 2.6.0 (1 Jan 2004)
Protocol: 27 (changed)