X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/9c2dd04993611e289a16f9b417f71a0a96d50a9b..6aaf8d8c1041b524d985bf09b9a3f5e371cf8ac2:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index af61025a..6548dd6b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,34 +1,28 @@ -rsync 2.5.2 (???) +rsync changes since last release - SECURITY FIXES: - - * Signedness security patch from Sebastian Krahmer - -- in some cases we were not sufficiently - careful about reading integers from the network. - - BUG FIXES: + ENHANCEMENTS: - * Fix possible string mangling in log files. + * "make install-strip" works. (Greg Louis) - * Fix for setting local address of outgoing sockets. + * With --progress, if we've finished transferring a file, show the + time taken; otherwise show expected time to complete. (Cameron + Simpson) - * Better handling of hardlinks and devices on platforms with - 64-bit dev_t or ino_t. + * Make "make install-strip" works properly, and "make install" + accepts a DESTDIR variable for help in building binary packages. + (Peter Breitenlohner) - * Name resolution on machines supporting IPv6 is improved. - ENHANCEMENTS: + BUG FIXES: - * With -v, rsync now shows the command used to initiate an ssh/rsh - connection. + * Fix situation where failure to fork (e.g. because out of process + slots) would cause rsync to kill all processes owned by the + current user. Yes, really! (Paul Haas, Martin Pool) - * --statistics now shows memory heap usage on platforms that - support mallinfo(). + * Fix test suite on Solaris. (Jos Backus) - * "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.) + * Fix minor memory leak in socket code. (Dave Dykstra, Martin + Pool.) - * Improvements to batch mode support. This is still experimental - but testing would be welcome. (Jos Backus) + * Fix --whole-file problem that caused it to be the default even + for remote connections. (Martin Pool, Frank Schulz)