-NEWS for rsync version 2.5.8
+NEWS for rsync version 2.6.0
Protocol: 27 (changed)
Changes since version 2.5.7:
ENHANCEMENTS:
+ * "ssh" is now the default remote shell for rsync. If you want to
+ change this, configure like this: "./configure --with-rsh=rsh".
+
* Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0.
Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the
files read by the --*-from options. (Wayne Davison)
block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64.
Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum.
(Craig Barratt)
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+
* For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in
mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit
counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for
* Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen)
+ * Fixed bogus "malformed address {hostname}" message in rsyncd log
+ when checking IP address against hostnames from "hosts allow"
+ and "hosts deny" parameters in config file.
+
+ * Print heap statistics when verbose >= 2 instead of when >= 1.
+
* Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file
that contains already-compressed data. (Yasuoka Masahiko and
Wayne Davison)
readdir fail caused by network filesystems issues and truncated
files. (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz)
+ * Added a fix that should give ssh time to restore the tty settings
+ if the user presses Ctrl-C at an ssh password prompt.
+
INTERNAL:
* Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped