X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/02efda9f018500375093fe28f55d4a4aeec68d1a..bad01106093319e7ccc47cca6cad5cc8dba94b0b:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7586f0ef..8b423d4b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,12 +25,26 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: - Really fixed the parsing of a "!" entry in .cvsignore files this time. + - If the generator gets a stat() error on a file, output it (this used to + require at least -vv for the error to be seen). + + - If waitpid() fails or the child rsync didn't exit cleanly, we now handle + the exit status properly and generate a better error. + ENHANCEMENTS: - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new files). + - Added the --min-size=SIZE option to exclude small files from the + transfer. + + - Added the --compress-level option to allow you to set how aggressive + rsync's compression should be (the option implies --compress). + + - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size. + - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the preservation of attributes on symlinks. @@ -54,8 +68,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon, which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files. + - If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will + now delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized. + - Some minor documentation improvements. + - Updated some diffs in the patches dir. + INTERNAL: - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where @@ -63,3 +82,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: - If io_printf() tries to format more data than fits in the buffer, exit with an error instead of transmitting a truncated buffer. + + - If a va_copy macro is defined, lib/snprintf.c will use it when defining + the VA_COPY macro. + + DEVELOPER RELATED: + + - Several diffs in the patches dir now use the proper --enable-FOO + configure option instead of --with-FOO to turn on the inclusion of + the newly patched feature. +