- Updated the address for the FSF in the opening comment.

[rsync/rsync.git] / OLDNEWS

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@@ -1,3 +1,72 @@
+NEWS for rsync 2.6.8 (22 Apr 2006)
+Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
+Changes since 2.6.7:
+
+  BUG FIXES:
+
+    - Fixed a bug in the exclude code where an anchored exclude without any
+      wildcards fails to match an absolute source arg, but only when --relative
+      is in effect.
+
+    - Improved the I/O code for the generator to fix a potential hang when the
+      receiver gets an EOF on the socket but the generator's select() call
+      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).
+
+    - 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
+      error(s) returned by socket() and/or bind() are now logged.
+
+    - 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.
+
+    - A new script in "support": file-attr-restore, can be used to restore the
+      attributes of a file-set (the permissions, ownership, and group info)
+      taken from the cached output of a "find ARG... -ls" command.
+
+  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
+      a future option, --log-file=FILE, that will allow any rsync to log its
+      actions to a file (something that only a daemon supports at present).
+
+\f

 NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (11 Mar 2006)
 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.6:
 NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (11 Mar 2006)
 Protocol: 29 (unchanged)
 Changes since 2.6.6:


@@ -1091,6 +1160,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.2:
       user chose to combine the output of rsync's stdout and stderr (e.g.
       using the "2>&1").
 
       user chose to combine the output of rsync's stdout and stderr (e.g.
       using the "2>&1").
 

+    - Fixed an option-parsing bug when --files-from got passed to a daemon.
+

   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - Added the --partial-dir=DIR option that lets you specify where to
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
     - Added the --partial-dir=DIR option that lets you specify where to


@@ -1357,6 +1428,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.0:
     - Fixed the ability to request an empty backup --suffix when sending
       files to an rsync daemon.
 
     - Fixed the ability to request an empty backup --suffix when sending
       files to an rsync daemon.
 

+    - Fixed an option-parsing bug when --files-from was sent to a server
+      sender.
+

   INTERNAL:
 
     - Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty large
   INTERNAL:
 
     - Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty large


@@ -2008,6 +2082,7 @@ Changes since 2.4.6:
 \f
 Partial Protocol History
        RELEASE DATE    VER.    DATE OF COMMIT* PROTOCOL
 \f
 Partial Protocol History
        RELEASE DATE    VER.    DATE OF COMMIT* PROTOCOL

+       22 Apr 2006     2.6.8                   29

        11 Mar 2006     2.6.7                   29
        28 Jul 2005     2.6.6                   29
        01 Jun 2005     2.6.5                   29
        11 Mar 2006     2.6.7                   29
        28 Jul 2005     2.6.6                   29
        01 Jun 2005     2.6.5                   29