Added RERR_VANISHED.

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 526ec27..f7d1d10 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7
+NEWS for rsync version 2.5.8

 Protocol: 27 (changed)
 Protocol: 27 (changed)

-Changes since version 2.5.6:
+Changes since version 2.5.7:

 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 
 
   ENHANCEMENTS:
 


@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ Changes since version 2.5.6:
       cause anyone problems since it makes the matching work more like
       what people are expecting. (Wayne Davison)
 
       cause anyone problems since it makes the matching work more like
       what people are expecting. (Wayne Davison)
 

+      - A pattern with a "**" no longer causes a "*" to match slashes.
+        For example, with "/*/foo/**", "foo" must be 2 levels deep.
+

       - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (i.e. /foo).
 
       - An non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of
       - "**/foo" now matches at the base of the transfer (i.e. /foo).
 
       - An non-anchored wildcard term floats to match beyond the base of


@@ -72,6 +75,27 @@ Changes since version 2.5.6:
       that contains already-compressed data.  (Yasuoka Masahiko and
       Wayne Davison)
 
       that contains already-compressed data.  (Yasuoka Masahiko and
       Wayne Davison)
 

+    * Fixed a bug in the --backup code that could cause deleted files
+      to not get backed up.
+
+    * Call setgroups() in a more portable manner.
+
+    * Improved file-related error messages to better indicate exactly
+      what pathname failed. (Wayne Davison)
+
+    * Fixed some bugs in the handling of --delete and --exclude when
+      using the --relative (-R) option. (Wayne Davison)
+
+    * Fixed bug that prevented regular files from replacing
+      special files and caused a directory in --link-dest or
+      --compare-dest to block the creation of a file with the
+      same path.  A directory still cannot be replaced by a
+      regular file unless --delete specified.  (J.W. Schultz)
+
+    * Detect and report when open or opendir succeed but read and
+      readdir fail caused by network filesystems issues and truncated
+      files.  (David Norwood, Michael Brown, J.W. Schultz)
+

   INTERNAL:
 
     * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped
   INTERNAL:
 
     * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped


@@ -82,6 +106,22 @@ Changes since version 2.5.6:
     * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
       defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
 
     * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new
       defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison)
 

+    * Changed the protocol-version code so that it can interact at a
+      lower protocol level than the maximum supported by both sides.
+      Added an undocumented option, --protocol=N, to force the value
+      we advertise to the other side (primarily for testing purposes).
+      (Wayne Davison)
+
+
+NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7:
+Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
+Changes since version 2.5.6:
+
+  SECURITY:
+
+    * Fix buffer handling bugs.  (Andrew Tridgell, Martin Pool, Paul
+      Russell, Andrea Barisani)
+

 
 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)
 
 NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release
 Protocol: 26 (unchanged)