BUG FIXES:
* 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)
* Implemented a new algorithm for hard-link handling that speeds
up the code significantly. (J.W. Schultz and 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.
+
* Got rid of support for protocol versions 17 and 18 (which are
both over 6 years old). (Wayne Davison)
* 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 used per-file in the file list.
+ * Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings).
* 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).
+
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NEWS for rsync 2.6.0 (1 Jan 2004)
Protocol: 27 (changed)