X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/7ea7bebf6b465848e3317dcdf47b66fb0610fb39..a30dcbc0a8850f63fe831e9f38259347ac4aaa7c:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5832a22a..48484fbf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,35 +1,120 @@ -NEWS for rsync 2.6.7 (UNRELEASED) -Protocol: 29 (unchanged) -Changes since 2.6.6: +NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED) +Protocol: 30 (changed) +Changes since 2.6.9: BUG FIXES: - - 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. + - Fixed the output of -ii when combined with one of the --*-dest options: + it now itemizes all the items, not just the changed ones. - - 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. + - 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 --append option that makes rsync append data onto files - that are longer on the source than the destination (this includes new - files). + - 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 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. + + - 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. + + - 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. - - If lutimes() and/or lchmod() are around, use them to allow the - preservation of attributes on symlinks. + - Added the --iconv option, which allows rsync to convert filenames from + one character-set to another during the transfer. The default is to make + this feature available as long as your system has iconv_open(). If + compilation fails, specify --disable-iconv to configure and rebuild. If + you want rsync to perform character-set conversions by default, you can + specify --enable-iconv=CONVERT_STRING with the default value for the + --iconv option that you wish to use. For example, --enable-iconv=. is a + good choice. See the rsync man page for an explanation of the --iconv + option's settings. - - 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. + - 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 --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). INTERNAL: - - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where - MAXPATHLEN is overly small (e.g. cygwin). + - 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: - - If io_printf() tries to format more data than fits in the buffer, exit - with an error instead of transmitting a truncated buffer. + - 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).