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-NEWS for rsync 2.6.8 (UNRELEASED)
+NEWS for rsync 2.6.8 (22 Apr 2006)

 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.7:
 
 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.7:
 


@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
       never indicates that the socket is writable for it to be notified about
       the EOF.  (This can happen when using stunnel).
 
       never indicates that the socket is writable for it to be notified about
       the EOF.  (This can happen when using stunnel).
 

+    - Fixed a problem with the file-reading code where a failed read (such as
+      that caused by a bad sector) would not advance the file's read-position
+      beyond the failed read's data.
+

     - Fixed a logging bug where the "log file" directive was not being honored
       in a single-use daemon (one spawned by a remote-shell connection or by
       init).
     - Fixed a logging bug where the "log file" directive was not being honored
       in a single-use daemon (one spawned by a remote-shell connection or by
       init).


@@ -20,6 +24,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
     - If rsync cannot honor the --delete option, we output an error and exit
       instead of silently ignoring the option.
 
     - If rsync cannot honor the --delete option, we output an error and exit
       instead of silently ignoring the option.
 

+    - Fixed a bug in the --link-dest code that prevented special files (such as
+      fifos) from being linked.
+
+    - The ability to hard-link symlinks and special files is now determined at
+      configure time instead of at runtime.  This fixes a bug with --link-dest
+      creating a hard-link to a symlink's referent on a BSD system.
+

   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - In daemon mode, if rsync fails to bind to the requested port, the
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - In daemon mode, if rsync fails to bind to the requested port, the


@@ -28,6 +39,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
     - When we output a fatal error, we now output the version of rsync in the
       message.
 
     - When we output a fatal error, we now output the version of rsync in the
       message.
 

+    - Improved the documentation for the --owner and --group options.
+

     - The rsyncstats script in "support" has an improved line-parsing regex
       that is easier to read and also makes it to parse syslog-generated lines.
 
     - The rsyncstats script in "support" has an improved line-parsing regex
       that is easier to read and also makes it to parse syslog-generated lines.
 


@@ -37,6 +50,16 @@ Changes since 2.6.7:
 
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 
 
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 

+    - Removed the unused function write_int_named(), the unused variable
+      io_read_phase, and the rarely used variable io_write_phase.  This also
+      elides the confusing 'phase "unknown"' part of one error message.
+
+    - Removed two unused configure checks and two related (also unused)
+      compatibility functions.
+
+    - The xattrs.diff patch received a security fix that prevents a potential
+      buffer overflow in the receive_xattr() code.
+

     - The acls.diff patch has been improved quite a bit, with more to come.
 
     - A new patch was added: log-file.diff.  This contains an early version of
     - The acls.diff patch has been improved quite a bit, with more to come.
 
     - A new patch was added: log-file.diff.  This contains an early version of