X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/a912a980ecb16cdca287b9dccd56bc7e3a690c1c..6a94c58b0009edb20259bbf69219f68f64d7f116:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5addd818..ff1d4e9a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: - Made hard-links work with symlinks and devices again. - - If a device changed permissions, rsync no longer recreates the device - instead of just updating the permissions. + - If a device-file/special-file changes permissions, rsync now updates the + permissions without recreating the file. - 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 @@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: permissions 0600 instead of 0000 -- this makes restarting possible when the transfer gets interrupted in the middle of sending a new file. + - Reject the combination of --inplace and --sparse since the sparse-output + algorithm doesn't work when overwriting existing data. + + - Fixed the directory name in the error that is output when pop_dir() + fails. + ENHANCEMENTS: - Added the --append option that makes rsync append data onto files @@ -43,6 +49,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.6: "--archive --no-owner") can be used to turn off the preservation of file ownership that is implied by -a. + - Allow the --temp-dir option to be specified when starting a daemon, + which sets the default temporary directory for incoming files. + + - Some minor documentation improvements. + INTERNAL: - Some buffer sizes were expanded a bit, particularly on systems where