X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/93eff16a6a458a9d462dd0dd9870f77f8290e1f0..536b84680b4ab1f29fa456b4fa7b5b16eff4af8f:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d0f34e3a..2e6404d8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,19 +2,45 @@ rsync changes since last release ENHANCEMENTS: - * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison) + * The --delete-after option now implies --delete. (Wayne Davison) - * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael + * The --suffix option can now be used with --backup-dir. (Michael Zimmerman) * Combining "::" syntax with the -rsh/-e option now uses the specified remote-shell as a transport to talk to a (newly-spawned) server-daemon. This allows someone to use daemon features, such - as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul) + as modules, over a secure protocol, such as ssh. (JD Paul) * The rsync:// syntax for daemon connections is now accepted in the destination field. + * If the file name given to --include-from or --exclude-from is "-", + rsync will read from standard input. (J.W. Schultz) + + * New option --link-dest which is like --compare-dest except that + unchanged files are hard-linked in to the destination directory. + (J.W. Schultz) + + * Don't report an error if an excluded file disappears during an + rsync run. (Eugene Chupriyanov and Bo Kersey) + + * Added .svn to --cvs-exclude list to support subversion. (Jon + Middleton) + + * Properly support IPv6 addresses in the rsyncd.conf "hosts allow" + and "hosts deny" fields. (Hideaki Yoshifuji) + + * Set the default value of --modify-window to 1 on Cygwin. (Lapo + Luchini) + + * Open config files in text mode when O_TEXT is defined. This helps + on Cygwin when the config files are on a filesystem that are mounted + in binary mode. (Ville Herva) + + * Ignore errors from chmod when -p/-a/--preserve-perms is not set. + (Dave Dykstra) + BUG FIXES: * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John @@ -32,12 +58,35 @@ rsync changes since last release contains a duplicate name (if it sorts to the end of the file list) and using --delete. (Wayne Davison) + * Fixed the file-name duplicate-removal code when dealing with multiple + dups in a row. (Wayne Davison) + + * Fixed a bug that caused rsync to lose the exit status of its child + processes and sometimes return an exit code of 0 instead of showing + an error. (David R. Staples, Dave Dykstra) + + * Fixed bug in --copy-unsafe-links that caused it to be completely + broken. (Dave Dykstra) + + * Prevent infinite recursion in cleanup code under certain circumstances. + (Sviatoslav Sviridov) + + * Fixed a bug that prevented rsync from creating intervening directories + when --relative-paths/-R is set. (Craig Barratt) + INTERNAL: * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin Pool, Nelson Beebe) + * Portability fixes. (Dave Dykstra and Wayne Davison) + * More test cases. (Martin Pool) + * Some test-case fixes. (Brian Poole, Wayne Davison) + * Updated included popt to the latest vendor drop, version 1.6.4. (Jos Backus) + + * Updated config.guess and config.sub to latest versions; this + means rsync should build on more platforms. (Paul Green)