If we're outputting a message about the remote file in a

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f49f189..70238e4 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.4:
 
     - Added the --only-write-batch=FILE option that may be used (instead
       of --write-batch=FILE) to create a batch file without doing any
 
     - Added the --only-write-batch=FILE option that may be used (instead
       of --write-batch=FILE) to create a batch file without doing any

-      actual updating of the destination.
+      actual updating of the destination.  This allows you to divert all
+      the file-updating data away from a slow data link (as long as you
+      are pushing the data to the remote server when creating the batch).

 
     - Changed the outputting of "safe" filenames to use backslash-escaped
       characters rather than '?'s.  Any non-printable character is output
 
     - Changed the outputting of "safe" filenames to use backslash-escaped
       characters rather than '?'s.  Any non-printable character is output


@@ -46,6 +48,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.4:
       it does not complain about an unexpectedly closed socket (since we
       really did expect the socket to close).
 
       it does not complain about an unexpectedly closed socket (since we
       really did expect the socket to close).
 

+    - If the daemon can't open the log-file specified in rsyncd.conf, fall
+      back to using syslog.  This is better than a (typically) totally
+      silent failure (since a daemon is not usually run with --no-detach).
+

   INTERNAL:
 
     - Rsync now calls setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "").
   INTERNAL:
 
     - Rsync now calls setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "").