X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/56961becc2c5478b8a9fc62c56bcfe1c83f3f380..184dd27a183ab3403eadbd699bc47a1f96cdd331:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 98cc5a36..93831548 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again. - - If a device changed permissions, rsync no longer recreates the device - instead of just updating the permissions. + - If a device-file/special-file changes permissions, rsync now updates the + permissions without recreating the file. - If the user specifies a remote-host for both the source and destination, we now output a syntax error rather than trying to open the destination @@ -17,12 +17,34 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: permissions 0600 instead of 0000 -- this makes restarting possible when the transfer gets interrupted in the middle of sending a new file. + - Reject the combination of --inplace and --sparse since the sparse-output + algorithm doesn't work when overwriting existing data. + + - Fixed the directory name in the error that is output when pop_dir() + fails. + + - Really fixed the parsing of a "!" entry in .cvsignore files this time. + + - If the generator gets a stat() error on a file, output it (this used to + require at least -vv for the error to be seen). + + - If waitpid() fails or the child rsync didn't exit cleanly, we now handle + the exit status properly and generate a better error. + ENHANCEMENTS: - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new files). + - Added the --min-size=SIZE option to exclude small files from the + transfer. + + - Added the --compress-level option to allow you to set how aggressive + rsync's compression should be (the option implies --compress). + + - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size. + - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the preservation of attributes on symlinks. @@ -38,6 +60,29 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: replicate the "baz/dir" part of the source path (note: a trailing dot dir is unaffected unless it also has a trailing slash). + - Added some new --no-FOO options that make it easier to override + unwanted implied or default options. For example, "-a --no-o" (aka + "--archive --no-owner") can be used to turn off the preservation of + file ownership that is implied by -a. + + - Added the --chmod=MODE option that allows the destination permissions + to be changed from the source permissions. E.g. --chmod=g+w,o-rwx + + - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon, + which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files. + + - If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will + now delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized. + + - The file-count stats that are output by --progress were improved to + better indicate what the numbers mean. For instance, the output: + "(xfer#5, to-check=8383/9999)" indicates that this was transferred + file #5, and we still need to check 8383 files out of 9999 total. + + - Some minor documentation improvements. + + - Updated some diffs in the patches dir. + INTERNAL: - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where @@ -45,3 +90,16 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: - If io_printf() tries to format more data than fits in the buffer, exit with an error instead of transmitting a truncated buffer. + + - If a va_copy macro is defined, lib/snprintf.c will use it when defining + the VA_COPY macro. + + - Reduced the amount of stack memory needed for each level of directory + recursion by nearly MAXPATHLEN bytes. + + DEVELOPER RELATED: + + - Several diffs in the patches dir now use the proper --enable-FOO + configure option instead of --with-FOO to turn on the inclusion of + the newly patched feature. +