X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/72d1b262ac2a888a8638905840fd15a448f72903..9439c0cb5a4b020b9bfcfe0351e33c17b9c53b54:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7380b073..8825ffdf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,83 +1,110 @@ -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. 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. - - - 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 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. - - - Make sure that the --link-dest option can still do its job even when -I - is specified. - - - 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 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 the --out-format (aka --log-format) option: it + would output superfluous directory information for a non-daemon rsync. + + - 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. + + - If --password-file is used on a non-daemon transfer, rsync now complains + and exits. This should help users figure out that they can't use this + option to control a remote shell's password prompt. + + - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination + directory are handled right when --perms is left off. 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. + - A new incremental-recursion algorithm is now used when rsync is talking + to another 3.0.0 version. This starts the transfer going more quickly + (before all the files have been found), and requires much less memory. + See the --recursive option in the manpage for some restrictions. - - 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.) + - The default --delete algorithm is now --delete-during when talking to a + 3.x rsync. This is a faster scan than using --delete-before (which is + the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible with + the new incremental recursion mode. - - Made "log file" and "syslog facility" settable on a per-module basis in - the daemon's config file. + - 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: + - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists. This is + an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need + to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new + acls.diff patch that will add that.) + + - Added the --xattrs (-X) option to preserver extended attributes. This is + an improved version of the prior patch that was available. (If you need + to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new + xattrs.diff patch that will add that.) + + - Added the --fake-super option that allows a non-super user to preserve + all attributes of a file by using a special extended-attribute idiom. + There is also an analogous "fake super" option for an rsync daemon. + + - 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 acls.diff and xattrs.diff patches have received a bunch of work to - make them much closer to being acceptable in the main distribution. + - 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 (rather than adding more + data), and limits the in-memory storage of the device+inode information + to just the sending side for the new protocol 30, or to the receiving + side when speaking an older protocol (note that older rsync versions kept + the device+inode information on both sides). - - Updated config.guess and config.sub to their 2006-02-23 version. + INTERNAL: + + - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values). + + - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc. + + - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters + easier without forcing variables via casts. + + - 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. + + - Make sure that a daemon process doesn't mind if the client was weird and + omitted the --server option. + + - Improved the use of "const" on pointers. + + DEVELOPER RELATED: - - Updated various files to include the latest FSF address and to have - consistent opening comments. + - Rsync now has a way of handling protocol-version changes during the + development of a new protocol version. This exchange of sub-version + info does not interfere with the {MIN,MAX}_PROTOCOL_VERSION checking + in older versions (which would be the case if every minor change made + to the protocol in CVS incremented the main PROTOCOL_VERSION value).