X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/9be3ba223c72f3e193404f503f10acece5d646e7..3e8369b6dc77c2b14e9d744b4ed9cb6109bbe3c0:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f885ab66..f62c15af 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,39 +1,16 @@ -rsync 2.5.3 (26 Jan 2002) - - SECURITY FIXES: - - * Signedness security patch from Sebastian Krahmer - -- in some cases we were not sufficiently - careful about reading integers from the network. +rsync changes since last release BUG FIXES: + + * Fix "forward name lookup failed" errors on AIX 4.3.3. (John + L. Allen, Martin Pool) - * Fix possible string mangling in log files. - - * Fix for setting local address of outgoing sockets. - - * Better handling of hardlinks and devices on platforms with - 64-bit dev_t or ino_t. - - * Name resolution on machines supporting IPv6 is improved. - - * Fix for device nodes. (dann frazier) (Debian #129135) - - ENHANCEMENTS: + * Fix compilation on Tru64. (Albert Chin, Zoong Pham) - * With -v, rsync now shows the command used to initiate an ssh/rsh - connection. + INTERNAL: - * --statistics now shows memory heap usage on platforms that - support mallinfo(). + * Many code cleanups and improved internal documentation. (Martin Pool, Nelson + Beebe) - * "The Ted T'so school of program optimization": make progress - visible and people will think it's faster. (With --progress, - rsync will show you how many files it has seen as it builds the - file_list, giving some indication that it has not hung.) + * More test cases. (Martin Pool) - * Improvements to batch mode support. This is still experimental - but testing would be welcome. (Jos Backus) - - * New --ignore-existing option, patch previously distributed with - Vipul's Razor. (Debian #124286)