Mention the open64()/mkstemp64() configure change.

[rsync/rsync.git] / NEWS

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@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.2:
       help).
 
     - When the remote rsync dies, make a better effort to recover any error
       help).
 
     - When the remote rsync dies, make a better effort to recover any error

-      messages it may have sent instead of just dying with a write error
-      trying to send data over the socket.
+      messages it may have sent before dying (the local rsync used to just
+      die with a socket-write error).

 
     - When using --delete and a --backup-dir that contains files that are
       hard-linked to their destination equivalents, rsync now makes sure
 
     - When using --delete and a --backup-dir that contains files that are
       hard-linked to their destination equivalents, rsync now makes sure


@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.2:
     - Avoid a bogus run-time complaint about a lack of 64-bit integers when
       the int64 type is defined as an off_t and it actually has 64-bits.
 
     - Avoid a bogus run-time complaint about a lack of 64-bit integers when
       the int64 type is defined as an off_t and it actually has 64-bits.
 

+    - Added a configure check for open64() without mkstemp64() so that we
+      can avoid using mkstemp() when such a combination is encountered.
+      This bypasses a problem writing out large temp files on OSes such as
+      AIX and HP-UX.
+

   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


@@ -114,7 +119,7 @@ Changes since 2.6.2:
       are also cases where this is more efficient (such as appending data).
       Use only when needed (see the man page for more details).
 
       are also cases where this is more efficient (such as appending data).
       Use only when needed (see the man page for more details).
 

-    - Added the "write only" option to the daemon's config file.
+    - Added the "write only" option for the daemon's config file.

 
     - Added long-option names for -4 and -6 (namely --ipv4 and --ipv6)
       and documented all these options in the man page.
 
     - Added long-option names for -4 and -6 (namely --ipv4 and --ipv6)
       and documented all these options in the man page.


@@ -141,9 +146,12 @@ Changes since 2.6.2:
       presence in the list of available modules), a user that fails to
       authenticate gets the same "unknown module" error that they would get
       if the module were actually unknown (while still logging the real
       presence in the list of available modules), a user that fails to
       authenticate gets the same "unknown module" error that they would get
       if the module were actually unknown (while still logging the real

-      error to the daemon's log file).  This prevents fishing for modules
+      error to the daemon's log file).  This prevents fishing for module

       names.
 
       names.
 

+    - The daemon's "refuse options" config item now allows you to match
+      option names using wildcards and/or the single-letter option names.
+

   INTERNAL:
 
     - Some cleanup in the exclude code has saved some per-exclude memory
   INTERNAL:
 
     - Some cleanup in the exclude code has saved some per-exclude memory