X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/499957d9ba8c13d62fe7be67964fa53d70cd077d..d58e4c273c6a8d770c4e0cd80d5f1b70270eb229:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 55ee031b..cc8a300d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,14 +1,29 @@ rsync 2.5.2 (???) + SECURITY FIXES: + + * Signedness security patch from Sebastian Krahmer + -- in some cases we were not sufficiently + careful about reading integers from the network. + BUG FIXES: + * Fix possible string mangling in log files. + * Fix for setting local address of outgoing sockets. * Better handling of hardlinks and devices on platforms with 64-bit dev_t or ino_t. + * Name resolution on machines supporting IPv6 is improved. + + * Fix for device nodes. (dann frazier) (Debian #129135) + ENHANCEMENTS: + * With -v, rsync now shows the command used to initiate an ssh/rsh + connection. + * --statistics now shows memory heap usage on platforms that support mallinfo(). @@ -16,3 +31,9 @@ rsync 2.5.2 (???) visible and people will think it's faster. (With --progress, rsync will show you how many files it has seen as it builds the file_list, giving some indication that it has not hung.) + + * Improvements to batch mode support. This is still experimental + but testing would be welcome. (Jos Backus) + + * New --ignore-existing option, patch previously distributed with + Vipul's Razor. (Debian #124286)