X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/4f092bee9fd818de4248f420388bf2d6eacea987..6aaf8d8c1041b524d985bf09b9a3f5e371cf8ac2:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0d1fc6a4..6548dd6b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,18 +1,28 @@ -rsync 2.5.3 (not released yet) +rsync changes since last release - SECURITY FIXES: + ENHANCEMENTS: - * Make sure that supplementary groups are removed from a server - process after changing uid and gid. (Ethan Benson) + * "make install-strip" works. (Greg Louis) - ENHANCEMENTS: + * With --progress, if we've finished transferring a file, show the + time taken; otherwise show expected time to complete. (Cameron + Simpson) + + * Make "make install-strip" works properly, and "make install" + accepts a DESTDIR variable for help in building binary packages. + (Peter Breitenlohner) + + + BUG FIXES: + + * Fix situation where failure to fork (e.g. because out of process + slots) would cause rsync to kill all processes owned by the + current user. Yes, really! (Paul Haas, Martin Pool) - * 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. + * Fix test suite on Solaris. (Jos Backus) - * Added --no-whole-file and --no-blocking-io options (Dave Dykstra) + * Fix minor memory leak in socket code. (Dave Dykstra, Martin + Pool.) - * Made the --write-batch and --read-batch options actually work - and added documentation in the man page (Jos Backus) + * Fix --whole-file problem that caused it to be the default even + for remote connections. (Martin Pool, Frank Schulz)