X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/088aac85971f3f1571c7f90569c95d5025b1fd82..ea42541fe0783d3b3e8f44c76cbdfd82550a9c68:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8c54134c..39a7153f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,13 +1,197 @@ -rsync 2.5.3 (not released yet) +NEWS for rsync version 2.5.7 +Protocol: 27 (changed) +Changes since version 2.5.6: ENHANCEMENTS: - * Command to initiate connections is only shown with -vv, rather - than -v as in 2.5.2. Output from plain -v is more similar to - what was historically used so as not to break scripts that try - to parse the output. + * Added --files-from, --no-relative, --no-implied-dirs, and --from0. + Note that --from0 affects the line-ending character for all the + --*-from options. (Wayne Davison) - * Added --no-whole-file and --no-blocking-io options (Dave Dykstra) + * Length of csum2 is now per-file starting with protocol verison + 27. (J.W. Schultz) - * Made the --write-batch and --read-batch options actually work - and added documentation in the man page (Jos Backus) + * Per-file dynamic block size is now sqrt(file length). + The per-file checksum size is determined according + to an algorythm provided by Donovan Baarda which + reduces the probability of rsync algorithm + corrupting data and falling back using the whole md4 + checksums. (J.W. Schultz, Donovan Baarda) + + * The --stats option no longer includes the (debug) malloc summary + unless the verbose option was specified at least twice. + + BUG FIXES: + + * Fixed several exclude/include matching bugs when using wild-cards. + This has a several user-visible effects, all of which make the + matching more consistent and intuitive. This should hopefully not + 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 + the transfer. E.g. "CVS/R*" matches at the end of the path, + just like the non-wildcard term "CVS/Root" does. + + - Including a "**" in the match term causes it to be matched + against the entire path, not just the name portion, even if + there aren't any interior slashes in the term. E.g. "foo**bar" + would exclude "/path/foo-bar" (just like before) as well as + "/foo-path/baz-bar" (for instance). + + * The exclude list specified in the daemon's config file is now + properly applied to the pulled items no matter how deep the + user's file args are in the source tree. (Wayne Davison) + + * For protocol version >= 27, mdfour_tail() is called when the + block size (including checksum_seed) is a multiple of 64. + Previously it was not called, giving the wrong MD4 checksum. + (Craig Barratt) + + * For protocol version >= 27, a 64 bit bit counter is used in + mdfour.c as required by the RFC. Previously only a 32 bit bit + counter was used, causing incorrect MD4 file checksums for + file sizes >= 512MB - 4. (Craig Barratt) + + * Fixed a crash bug when interacting with older rsync versions and + multiple files of the same name are destined for the same dir. + (Wayne Davison) + + * Keep tmp names from overflowing MAXPATHLEN. + + * Make --link-dest honor the absence of -p, -o, and -g. + + * Made rsync treat a trailing slash in the destination in a more + consistent manner. + + * Fixed file I/O error detection. (John Van Essen) + + * Fixed a compression (-z) bug when syncing a mostly-matching file + 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 the mkstemp error message to always include the directory + info where the temp file is being created. (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) + + INTERNAL: + + * Eliminated vestigial support for old versions that we stopped + supporting. (J.W. Schultz) + + * Simplified some of the option-parsing code. (Wayne Davison) + + * Some cleanup made to the exclude code, as well as some new + defines added to enhance readability. (Wayne Davison) + + +NEWS for rsync version 2.5.6, aka the dwd-between-jobs release +Protocol: 26 (unchanged) +Changes since version 2.5.5: + + ENHANCEMENTS: + + * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison) + + * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael + Zimmerman) + + * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the + specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned) + server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such + as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul) + + * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the + destination field. + + * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-", + rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz) + + * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that + unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory. + (J.W. Schultz) + + * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an + rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey) + + * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon + Middleton) + + * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow" + and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji) + + * Changed exclude file handling to permit DOS or MAC style line + terminations. (J.W. Schultz) + + * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set. + (Dave Dykstra) + + BUG FIXES: + + * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John + L. Allen, Martin Pool) + + * Generate each file's rolling-checksum data as we send it, not + in a separate (memory-eating) pass before hand. This prevents + timeout errors on really large files. (Stefan Nehlsen) + + * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham) + + * Better handling of some client-server errors. (Martin Pool) + + * Fixed a crash that would occur when sending a list of files that + contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file + list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison) + + * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple + dups in a row. (Wayne Davison) + + * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child + processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing + an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra) + + * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely + broken. (Dave Dykstra) + + * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances. + (Sviatoslav Sviridov and Marc Espie) + + * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories + when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt) + + * Prevent "Connection reset by peer" messages from Cygwin. (Randy O'Meara) + + INTERNAL: + + * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin + Pool, Nelson Beebe) + + * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison) + + * More test cases. (Martin Pool) + + * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison) + + * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4. + (Jos Backus) + + * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this + means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)