X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/5b9cc6953ac0eb9c78c307c2eb7dc584de066674..bad01106093319e7ccc47cca6cad5cc8dba94b0b:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 35b0d0b4..8b423d4b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -4,16 +4,47 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: BUG FIXES: + - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again. + + - 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 hostspec as a filename. + - When --inplace creates a new destination file, rsync now creates it with + 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. @@ -22,6 +53,28 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: per-module basis that will be run before and/or after a daemon-mode transfer. + - When using the --relative option, you can now insert a dot dir in + the source path to indicate where the replication of the source dirs + should start. For example, if you specify a source path of + rsync://host/module/foo/bar/./baz/dir with -R, rsync would only + 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. + + - 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. + + - Some minor documentation improvements. + + - Updated some diffs in the patches dir. + INTERNAL: - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where @@ -29,3 +82,13 @@ 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. + + 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. +