X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/0c819b76d684140eaafc5a3010ed914db6bc1e95..9935066b704bcf2e6e48dac85cb1b4047d8f439d:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 087bf190..82f734b5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -11,10 +11,18 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: "USER:PASS@" prefix before the "HOST:PORT" information. (Bardur Arantsson) + * The --progress output now mentions how far along in the + transfer we are, including both a count of files transferred + and a percentage of the total file-count that we're processed. + BUG FIXES: + * When -x (--one-file-system) is combined with -L (--copy-links) + or --copy-unsafe-links, no symlinked files are skipped, even + if the referant file is on a different filesystem. + * The --link-dest code now works properly for a non-root user - when the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -u was + when the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -o was specified, and when the group of the source can't be used on the destination and -g was specified. (Wayne Davison) @@ -23,10 +31,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: get overwritten (due to an expanded-name caching bug). (Wayne Davison) - * Keep per-file track of the sending of literal data with - --partial so that an interrupted transfer doesn't keep a - shorter temp file when no new data has been transfered over - the wire. (Wayne Davison) + * We now reset the "new data has been sent" flag at the start + of each file we send. This makes sure that an interrupted + transfer with the --partial option set doesn't keep a shorter + temp file than the current basis file when no new data has been + transfered over the wire for that file. (Wayne Davison) * Fixed a byte-order problem in --batch-mode on big-endian machines. (Jay Fenlason) @@ -40,10 +49,21 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: directory's .cvsignore file once again only affect that one directory (and not all following directories too). + * When transferring a file that has group 0 with -g specified + (typically via -a) and not enough privs to retain the group, + rsync no longer complains about "chown" failing. + * When specifying the USER@HOST: prefix for a file, the USER part can now contain an '@', if needed (i.e. the last '@' is used to find the HOST, not the first). + * Fixed some bugs in the handling of group IDs for non-root + users: (1) It properly handles a group that the sender didn't + have a name for (it would previously skip changing the group + on any files in that group). (2) If --numeric-ids is used, + rsync no longer attempts to set groups that the user doesn't + have the permission to set. + INTERNAL: * Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty @@ -62,6 +82,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: * Implemented a new algorithm for hard-link handling that speeds up the code significantly. (J.W. Schultz and Wayne Davison) + * The --hard-link option now uses the first existing file in the + group of linked files as the basis for the transfer. This + prevents the sub-optimal transfer of a file's data when a new + hardlink is added on the sending side and it sorts alphabetically + earlier in the list than the files that are already present on the + receiving side. + * Got rid of support for protocol versions 17 and 18 (which are both over 6 years old). (Wayne Davison) @@ -69,16 +96,32 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: * More optimal data transmission for --checksum (protocol 28). - * Less memory used for holding --checksum data. + * Less memory is used when --checksum is specified. + + * Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings). - * Less memory used per-file in the file list. + * Changed hardlink info and file_struct + strings to use + allocation pools. This reduces memory use for large + filesets and permits freeing memory to the OS. (J.W. Schultz) * The 2 pipes used between the receiver and generator processes - (which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe and - the protocol improved so that (1) it is now impossible to have the - "redo" pipe fill up and hang rsync, and (2) trailing messages from - the receiver don't get lost on their way to through generator over - to the sender. (Wayne Davison) + (which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe + and the protocol improved so that (1) it is now impossible to + have the "redo" pipe fill up and hang rsync, and (2) trailing + messages from the receiver don't get lost on their way through + the generator over to the sender (the latter mainly affected + hard-link messages). (Wayne Davison) + + * The reading & writing of the file list in batch-mode is now + handled by the same code that sends & receives the list over + the wire. This makes it much easier to maintain. + + * Optimized the -x (--one-file-system) flag's handling of any + mount-point directories we encounter (it no longer scans the + contents of the mount-point dirs, just to throw away the data). + + * Improved the internal uid/gid code to be more portable and + a little more optimized. NEWS for rsync 2.6.0 (1 Jan 2004)