X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/79d4053048af42d954c814a1bd60f61190e8035f..5cf4896050c5c9221431e556cd711baa11c68c43:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 59534a26..b274c3ec 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,170 +1,218 @@ -NEWS for rsync 2.6.1 (UNRELEASED) -Protocol: 28 (changed) -Changes since 2.6.0: +NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED) +Protocol: 29 (unchanged) +Changes since 2.6.6: + + OUTPUT CHANGES: + + - The itemized output now uses 'S' for a special file instead of + clumping them together with the 'D' for devices. The number of + characters is also different (to remove an unused field). + + BUG FIXES: + + - Fixed a really old bug that caused --checksum (-c) to checksum all the + files encountered during the delete scan (ouch). + + - Fixed a potential hang in a remote generator: when the receiver gets a + read-error on the socket, it now signals the generator about this so that + the generator does not try to send any of the terminating error messages + to the client (avoiding a potential hang in some setups). + + - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again. + + - If the sender gets an early EOF reading a source file, we propagate this + error to the receiver so that it can discard the file and try requesting + it again (which is the existing behavior for other kinds of read errors). + + - 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. + + - Fixed some glitches in the double-verbose output when using --copy-dest, + --link-dest, or --compare-dest. + + - Fixed the matching of the dont-compress items (e.g. *.gz) against files + that have a path component containing a slash. + + - If code reading a filter/exclude file an EINTR error, rsync now clears + the error flag on the file handle so it can keep on reading. + + - If --relative is active, the sending side cleans up trailing "/" or "/." + suffixes to avoid triggering a bug in older rsync versions. Also, we now + reject a ".." dir if it would be sent as a relative dir. + + - If a non-directory is in the way of a directory and rsync is run with + --dry-run and --delete, rsync no longer complains about not being able + to opendir() the not-yet present directory. + + - Got rid of the need for --force to be used in some circumstances with + --delete-after (making it consistent with --delete-before/-during). ENHANCEMENTS: - * Lower memory use and more optimal transfer of data over - the socket (see the INTERNAL section for details). + - Added the --specials option to tell rsync to copy special files (and does + not require root). The --devices option now affects just character and + block devices (which now matches the documentation). The -D option still + requests both --devices and --specials, and -a still implies -D. - * The RSYNC_PROXY environment variable can now contain a - "USER:PASS@" prefix before the "HOST:PORT" information. - (Bardur Arantsson) + - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files that + are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new files). - * The --progress output now mentions how far along in the - transfer we are, including both a count of files transferred - and a percentage of the total file-count that we've processed. - It also shows better current-rate-of-transfer and remaining- - transfer-time values. + - Added the --min-size=SIZE option to exclude small files from the + transfer. - * The configure script now accepts --with-rsyncd-conf=PATH - to override the default value of the /etc/rsyncd.conf file. + - Added the --compress-level option to allow you to set how aggressive + rsync's compression should be (this option implies --compress). - * Added a couple extra diffs in the "patches" dir, removed the - ones that got applied, and rebuilt the rest. + - Enhanced the parsing of the SIZE value for --min-size and --max-size to + allow easy entry of multiples of 1000 (instead of just multiples of 1024) + and off-by-one values too (e.g. --max-size=8mb-1). - BUG FIXES: + - The options --human-readable (-h) and --si change the output of the + --stats and the end-of-run summary to be easier to read. + + - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the + preservation of attributes on symlinks. + + - The --link-dest option now affects symlinks and devices (when possible). - * When -x (--one-file-system) is combined with -L (--copy-links) - or --copy-unsafe-links, no symlinked files are skipped, even - if the referent file is on a different filesystem. + - Improved the output of hard-linked and copied files when using + --link-dest, --copy-dest, or --compare-dest. - * The --link-dest code now works properly for a non-root user - when (1) the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -o - was specified, or (2) when the group of the source can't be - used on the destination and -g was specified. + - Added two config items to the rsyncd.conf parsing: "pre-xfer exec" and + "post-xfer exec". These allow a command to be specified on a per-module + basis that will be run before and/or after a daemon-mode transfer. (See + the manpage for a list of the environment variables that are set with + information about the transfer.) - * Fixed a bug in the handling of -H (hard-links) that might - cause the expanded PATH/NAME value of the current item to - get overwritten (due to an expanded-name caching bug). - - * We now reset the "new data has been sent" flag at the start - of each file we send. This makes sure that an interrupted - transfer with the --partial option set doesn't keep a shorter - temp file than the current basis file when no new data has been - transfered over the wire for that file. + - 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 will now only + replicate the "baz/dir" part of the source path (note: a trailing + dot dir is unaffected unless it also has a trailing slash). - * Fixed a byte-order problem in --batch-mode on big-endian - machines. (Jay Fenlason) + - 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. - * Fixed configure bug when running "./configure --disable-ipv6". + - Added the --chmod=MODE option that allows the destination permissions to + be changed from the source permissions. E.g. --chmod=g+w,o-rwx - * Fixed "make test" bug when build dir is not the source dir. + - Added the "incoming chmod" and "outgoing chmod" daemon options that allow + a module to specify what permissions changes should be applied to all + files copied to and from the daemon. - * When using --cvs-exclude, the exclude items we get from a - directory's .cvsignore file once again only affect that one - directory (and not all following directories too). The - items are also now properly word-split and parsed without - any +/- prefix munging. + - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon, which + sets the default temporary directory for incoming files. - * When specifying the USER@HOST: prefix for a file, the USER - part can now contain an '@', if needed (i.e. the last '@' - is used to find the HOST, not the first). + - If --delete is combined with --dirs without --recursive, rsync will now + delete in any directory whose content is being synchronized. - * Fixed some bugs in the handling of group IDs for non-root - users: (1) It properly handles a group that the sender didn't - have a name for (it would previously skip changing the group - on any files in that group). (2) If --numeric-ids is used, - rsync no longer attempts to set groups that the user doesn't - have the permission to set. + - If --backup is combined with --delete without --backup-dir (and without + --delete-excluded), we add a "protect" filter-rule to ensure that files + with the backup suffix are not deleted. - * Fixed the "refuse options" setting in the rsyncd.conf file. + - 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 the fifth file + to be transferred, and we still need to check 8383 more files out of + a total of 9999. - * Improved the -x (--one-file-system) flag's handling of any - mount-point directories we encounter. It is both more optimal - (in that it no longer does a useless scan of the contents of - the mount-point dirs) and also fixes a bug where a remapped - mount of the original filesystem could get discovered in a - subdir we should be ignoring. + - The include/exclude code now allows a dir/*** directive (with 3 trailing + stars) to match both the dir itself as well as all the content below the + dir (dir/** would not match the dir). - * Rsync no longer discards a double-slash at the start of a filename - when trying to open the file. It also no longer constructs names - that start with a double slash (unless the user supplied them). + - Added the --prune-empty-dirs (-m) option that makes the receiving rsync + discard empty chains of directories from the file-list. This makes it + easier to selectively copy files from a source hierarchy and end up with + just the directories needed to hold the resulting files. - * Fixed compilation problem on Tru64 Unix (having to do with - sockaddr.sa_len and sockaddr.sin_len). + - If the --itemize-changes (-i) option is repeated, rsync now includes + unchanged files in the itemized output (similar to -vv, but without all + the other verbose messages that can get in the way). Of course, the + client must be version 2.6.7 for this to work, but the remote rsync only + needs to be 2.6.7 if you're pushing files. - * Fixed a compatibility problem interacting with older rsync - versions that might send us an empty suffix without telling us - about the backup-dir. + - Added the --super option to make the receiver always attempt super- user + activities. This is useful for systems that allow things such as devices + to be created or ownership to be set without being UID 0, and is also + useful for someone who wants to ensure that errors will be output if the + receiving rsync isn't being run as root. - * The "hosts allow" option for a daemon-over-remote-shell - process now has improved support for IPv6 addresses and a fix - for systems that have a length field in their socket structs. + - Added the --sockopts option for those few who want to customize the TCP + options used to contact a daemon rsync. - * Fixed the ability to request an empty backup suffix when - sending files to an rsync daemon. + - Added a way for the --temp-dir option to be combined with a partial-dir + setting that lets rsync avoid non-atomic updates (for those times when + --temp-dir is not being used because space is tight). + + - A new support script, files-to-excludes, will transform a list of files + into a set of include/exclude directives that will copy those files. + + - A new option, --executability (-E) can be used to preserve just the + execute bit on files, for those times when using the --perms option is + not desired. + + - Some minor documentation improvements. + + - Updated some diffs in the patches dir. INTERNAL: - * Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty - large speedup when running under MS Windows. (Craig Barratt) - - * Optimizations to the name-handling/comparing code have made - some significant reductions in user-CPU time for large file - sets. - - * Some variable-type cleanup that makes the code more consistent. - - * Reduced memory requirements of hard link preservation. - (J.W. Schultz) - - * Implemented a new algorithm for hard-link handling that speeds - up the code significantly. (J.W. Schultz and Wayne Davison) - - * The --hard-link option now uses the first existing file in the - group of linked files as the basis for the transfer. This - prevents the sub-optimal transfer of a file's data when a new - hardlink is added on the sending side and it sorts alphabetically - earlier in the list than the files that are already present on the - receiving side. - - * Dropped support for protocol versions less than 20 - (2.3.0 released 15 Mar 1999) and activated warnings for - protocols less than 25 (2.5.0 released 23 Aug 2001) - (Wayne Davison and J.W. Schultz, severally) - - * More optimal data transmission for --hard-links (protocol 28). - - * More optimal data transmission for --checksum (protocol 28). - - * Less memory is used when --checksum is specified. - - * Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings). - - * The generator is now better about not modifying the file list - during the transfer in order to avoid a copy-on-write memory - bifurcation (on systems where fork() uses shared memory). - Previously, rsync's shared memory would slowly become unshared, - resulting in real memory usage nearly doubling on the receiving - side by the end of the transfer. Now, as long as permissions - are being preserved, the shared memory should remain that way - for the entire transfer. - - * Changed hardlink info and file_struct + strings to use - allocation pools. This reduces memory use for large file- - sets and permits freeing memory to the OS. (J.W. Schultz) - - * The 2 pipes used between the receiver and generator processes - (which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe - and the protocol improved so that (1) it is now impossible to - have the "redo" pipe fill up and hang rsync, and (2) trailing - messages from the receiver don't get lost on their way through - the generator over to the sender (the latter mainly affected - hard-link messages and verbose --stats output). - - * The reading & writing of the file-list in batch-mode is now - handled by the same code that sends & receives the list over - the wire. This makes it much easier to maintain. - - * Improved the internal uid/gid code to be more portable and - a little more optimized. - - * Device numbers are now sent as separate major/minor values - with 32-bit accuracy for each one (protocol 28). Previously - hard-link device data was sent as a single 64-bit number, and - copied devices were sent as a single 32-bit number. This will - make inter-operation of 64-bit binaries more compatible with - their 32-bit brethren. Note that optimizations in the binary - protocol often sends the device data using fewer bytes than - before, even though more precision is now available. + - We now use sigaction() and sigprocmask() if possible, and fall back on + signal() if not. Using sigprocmask() ensures that rsync enables all the + signals that it needs, just in case it was started in a masked state. + + - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where + MAXPATHLEN is overly small (e.g. cygwin). + + - 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. + + - The wildmatch function was extended to allow an array of strings to be + supplied as the string to match. This allows the exclude code to do less + string copying. + + - Got rid of the safe_fname() function (and all the myriad calls) and + replaced it with a new function in the log.c code that filters all the + output going to the terminal. + + - Unified the f_name() and the f_name_to() functions. + + 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. + + - The testsuite now sets HOME so that it won't be affecting by a file + such as ~/.popt.