X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/9fecec5e85d2844c43a71e641d48b933161dae54..c053133207468241f0c21364b70e9fea3a4f6bf3:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1e10a4f2..2675ac9f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,34 +1,37 @@ -rsync 2.5.1 (sometime in 2001?) +rsync changes since last release - BUG FIXES: - - * Fix for segfault in --daemon mode configuration parser by Paul - Mackerras. + ENHANCEMENTS: - * Correct string<->address parsing for both IPv4 and 6. Thankyou - to YOSHIFUJI Hideaki, SUMIKAWA Munechika and Jun-ichiro "itojun" - Hagino. + * With --progress, when a transfer is complete show the time taken; + otherwise show expected time to complete. (Cameron Simpson) - * Various fixes for IPv6 support by Dave Dykstra. + * Make "make install-strip" works properly, and "make install" + accepts a DESTDIR variable for help in building binary packages. + (Peter Breitenlohner, Greg Louis) - * rsync.1 typo fix by Matt Kraai. + * If configured with --enable-maintainer-mode, then on receipt of + a fatal signal rsync will try to open an xterm running gdb, + similarly to Samba's "panic action" or GNOME's bug-buddy. + (Martin Pool) - * Test suite typo fixes by Tom Schmidt. - * rsync.1 grammar and clarity improvements. Thanks to Edward - Welbourne. + BUG FIXES: - * Correction to ./configure tests for inet_ntop. Thankyou to Jeff - Garzik. + * 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) - ENHANCEMENTS: + * Fix test suite on Solaris. (Jos Backus, Martin Pool) + + * Fix minor memory leak in socket code. (Dave Dykstra, Martin + Pool.) + + * Fix --whole-file problem that caused it to be the default even + for remote connections. (Martin Pool, Frank Schulz) - * --progress and -P now show estimated data transfer rate (in a - multiple of bytes/s) and estimated time to completion. Based - on a patch by Rik Faith. - - * --no-detach option, required to run as a W32 service and also - useful when running on Unix under daemontools, AIX's SRC, or a - debugger. Thanks to Max Bowsher and Jos Backus. + * Work around bug in Mac OS X mkdir(2), which cannot handle + trailing slashes. + + (Martin Pool) - * Clearer error messages for some conditions. + * Improved network error handling. (Greg A. Woods)