X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/242f6052c2423e21406289e4d091318a657a5222..30e50494bbb057d4191e4636b963c6b7b0770ece:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 32c03886..db03fc11 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,124 +1,66 @@ -NEWS for rsync 2.6.9 (unreleased) -Protocol: 29 (unchanged) -Changes since 2.6.8: +NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED) +Protocol: 30 (changed) +Changes since 2.6.9: BUG FIXES: - - If rsync is interrupted via a handled signal (such as SIGINT), it will - once again clean-up its temp file from the destination dir. - - - An rsync daemon that is receiving files with "use chroot = no" no longer - sanitizes the symlink target strings (by default). This means that each - symlink's value will now be accepted (and thus returned) with its symlink - info intact. Also, in order to keep things safe, all arg paths and any - dereferenced symlinks (e.g. via --copy-links or --keep-dirlinks) are - manually verified to ensure that no symlinks try to escape past the top - of the module's path. These changes make a non-chroot daemon behave the - same way as a chroot daemon with regard to symlinks, and also avoids a - potential problem where a pre-existing symlink could have escaped the - module's hierarchy. See also the new "munge symlinks" daemon setting. - - - Fixed an overzealous sanitizing bug in the handling of the --link-dest, - --copy-dest, and --compare-dest options to a daemon without chroot: if - the copy's destination dir is deeper than the top of the module's path, - these options now accept a safe number of parent-dir (../) references - (since these options are relative to the destination dir). The old code - incorrectly chopped off all "../" prefixes for these options, no matter - how deep the destination directory was in the module's hierarchy. - - - Fixed a bug where a deferred info/error/log message could get sent - directly to the sender instead of being handled by rwrite() in the - generator. This fixes an "unexpected tag 3" fatal error, and should - also fix a potential problem where a deferred info/error message from - the receiver might bypass the log file and get sent only to the client - process. (These problems could only affect an rsync daemon that was - receiving files.) - - - Fixed a bug where using --dry-run with a --*-dest option with a path - relative to a directory that does not yet exist: the affected option - gets its proper path value so that the output of the dry-run is right. - - - Fixed a bug in the %f logfile escape when receiving files: the - destination path is now included in the output (e.g. you can now tell - when a user specifies a subdir inside a module). - - - If the receiving side fails to create a directory, it will now skip - trying to update everything that is inside that directory. - - - If --link-dest is specified with --checksum but without --times, rsync - will now allow a hard-link to be created to a matching link-dest file - even when the file's modify-time doesn't match the server's file. - - - The daemon now calls more timezone-using functions prior to doing a - chroot. This should help some C libraries to generate proper timestamps - from inside a chrooted daemon (and to not try to access /etc/timezone - over and over again). - - - Fixed a bug in the handling of an absolute --partial-dir=ABS_PATH option: - it now deletes an alternate basis file from the partial-dir that was used - to successfully update a destination file. - - - Fixed a bug in the handling of --delete-excluded when using a per-dir - merge file: the merge file is now honored on the receiving side, and - only its unqualified include/exclude commands are ignored (just as is - done for global include/excludes). - - - Fixed a recent bug where --delete was not working when transferring from - the root (/) of the filesystem with --relative enabled. - - - Fixed a recent bug where an --exclude='*' could affect the root (/) of - the filesystem with --relative enabled. - - - When --inplace creates a file, it is now created with owner read/write - permissions (0600) instead of no permissions at all. This avoids a - problem continuing a transfer that was interrupted (since --inplace - will not update a file that has no write permissions). - - - If either --remove-source-files or --remove-sent-files is enabled and we - are unable to remove the source file, rsync now outputs an error. - - - Fixed a bug in the daemon's "incoming chmod" rule: newly-created - directories no longer get the 'F' (file) rules applied to them. + - Fixed the output of -ii when combined with one of the --*-dest options: + it now itemizes all the items, not just the changed ones. + + - Made the output of all file types consistent when using a --*-dest + option. Prior versions used to output too many creation events for + matching items. + + - The code that waits for a child pid now handles being interrupted by + a signal. This fixes a problem with the pre-xfer exec function not + being able to get the exit status from the script. + + - A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the + filter rules. + + - Fixed a problem with -vv (double --verbose) and --stats when "pushing" + files (which includes local copies). Version 2.6.9 would complete the + copy, but exit with an error when the receiver output its memory stats. ENHANCEMENTS: - - Added the --log-file=FILE and --log-file-format=FORMAT options. These - can be used to tell any rsync to output what it is doing to a log file. - They work with a client rsync, a non-daemon server rsync (see the man - page for instructions), and also allows the overriding of rsyncd.conf - settings when starting a daemon. - - - The --log-format option was renamed to be --out-format to avoid confusing - it with affecting the log-file output. (The old option remains as an - alias for the new to preserve backward compatibility.) - - - Made "log file" and "syslog facility" settable on a per-module basis in - the daemon's config file. - - - Added the "munge symlinks" daemon setting to enable the old-style - tweaking of "unsafe" symlinks, but it can now be consistently applied - regardless of how "use chroot" is set. - - - Added the --remove-source-files option as a replacement for the (now - deprecated) --remove-sent-files option. This new option removes all - non-dirs from the source directories, even if the file was already - up-to-date. This fixes a problem where interrupting an rsync that - was using --remove-sent-files and restarting it could leave behind - a file that the earlier rsync synchronized, but didn't get to remove. - (The deprecated --remove-sent-files is still understood for now, and - still behaves in the same way as before.) - - - Added a new environment variable to the pre-/post-xfer exec commands (in - the daemon's config file): RSYNC_PID. This value will be the same in - both the pre- and post-xfer commands, so it can be used if the pre-xfer - command wants to cache some arg/request info for the post-xfer command. + - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to + delete files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate + delete pass. - DEVELOPER RELATED: + - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the + receiving side is at least version 3.0.0. This means that you + can pull from an older rsync with this option, but pushing to an + older rsync will generate an error. *Be sure to never specify a 0 + value to an older rsync client, or it will be silently ignored.* + + - The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and + receiving side for all protocol versions. For protocol 30, the use + of a hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently + convey to the receiver what files are linked together. This reduces + the amount of data sent over the socket by a considerable margin, and + moves the in-memory storage of the device+inode information from the + receiving side (for protocols < 30) to the sending side (note that + older rsync versions kept the device+inode information on both + sides). + + INTERNAL: - - The acls.diff and xattrs.diff patches have received a bunch of work to - make them much closer to being acceptable in the main distribution. + - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters + easier without forcing variables via casts. - - Updated config.guess and config.sub to their 2006-02-23 version. + - Upgraded the included popt version to 1.10.2 and improved its use of + string-handling functions. + + - Added missing prototypes for compatibility functions from the lib dir. + + - Configure determines if iconv() has a const arg, allowing us to avoid a + compiler warning. + + - Made the sending of some numbers more efficient for protocol 30. + + - Improved the use of "const" on pointers. + + DEVELOPER RELATED: - - Updated various files to include the latest FSF address and to have - consistent opening comments. + - ...