X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/17f59e818d595d28b0185b1572e284a8f6ef4771..9c513d678d24deee4ab912980e2520e2f09ccc9c:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d4c613d6..43f41455 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -27,15 +27,26 @@ Changes since 2.6.2: items are now excluded from being uploaded (assuming that the module allows uploading at all) in addition to the old download exclusion. + - Got rid of a potential hang in the receiver when near the end of a + phase. + - When using --backup without a --backup-dir, rsync no longer preserves the modify time on directories. This avoids confusing NFS. + - When --copy-links (-L) is specified, we now output a separate error + for a symlink that has no referent instead of claiming that a file + "vanished". + + - Error messages from the daemon server's option-parsing (such as + refused options) now get sent back to the client (the server used + to just exit). + - Fixed a bug in the daemon authentication code when using one of the batch-processing options. ENHANCEMENTS: - - The new option --keep-dirlinks (-K) allows you to symlink a directory + - Added --keep-dirlinks (-K), which allows you to symlink a directory onto another patition on the receiving side and have rsync treat it as matching a normal directory from the sender. @@ -67,12 +78,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.2: including configure, config.h.in, the man pages, and proto.h. - If "make proto" doesn't find some changes in the prototypes, the - proto.h file is left untouched (its timestamp used to be updated). + proto.h file is left untouched (its timestamp used to always be + updated). DEVELOPER RELATED: - The scripts in the testsuite dir were cleaned up a bit. - - A few new diffs were added to the patches dir (and some accepted - ones were removed as well). + - A few new diffs were added to the patches dir, and some accepted + ones were removed.