X-Git-Url: https://mattmccutchen.net/rsync/rsync.git/blobdiff_plain/b0a93231cf0201553760b5777b6875e774735e6c..9935066b704bcf2e6e48dac85cb1b4047d8f439d:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a4e7a1d2..82f734b5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: BUG FIXES: + * When -x (--one-file-system) is combined with -L (--copy-links) + or --copy-unsafe-links, no symlinked files are skipped, even + if the referant file is on a different filesystem. + * The --link-dest code now works properly for a non-root user - when the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -u was + when the UIDs of the source and destination differ and -o was specified, and when the group of the source can't be used on the destination and -g was specified. (Wayne Davison) @@ -27,10 +31,11 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: get overwritten (due to an expanded-name caching bug). (Wayne Davison) - * Keep per-file track of the sending of literal data with - --partial so that an interrupted transfer doesn't keep a - shorter temp file when no new data has been transfered over - the wire. (Wayne Davison) + * We now reset the "new data has been sent" flag at the start + of each file we send. This makes sure that an interrupted + transfer with the --partial option set doesn't keep a shorter + temp file than the current basis file when no new data has been + transfered over the wire for that file. (Wayne Davison) * Fixed a byte-order problem in --batch-mode on big-endian machines. (Jay Fenlason) @@ -46,12 +51,19 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: * When transferring a file that has group 0 with -g specified (typically via -a) and not enough privs to retain the group, - rsync no longer complains about chown failing. + rsync no longer complains about "chown" failing. * When specifying the USER@HOST: prefix for a file, the USER part can now contain an '@', if needed (i.e. the last '@' is used to find the HOST, not the first). + * Fixed some bugs in the handling of group IDs for non-root + users: (1) It properly handles a group that the sender didn't + have a name for (it would previously skip changing the group + on any files in that group). (2) If --numeric-ids is used, + rsync no longer attempts to set groups that the user doesn't + have the permission to set. + INTERNAL: * Most of the I/O is now buffered, which results in a pretty @@ -70,6 +82,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: * Implemented a new algorithm for hard-link handling that speeds up the code significantly. (J.W. Schultz and Wayne Davison) + * The --hard-link option now uses the first existing file in the + group of linked files as the basis for the transfer. This + prevents the sub-optimal transfer of a file's data when a new + hardlink is added on the sending side and it sorts alphabetically + earlier in the list than the files that are already present on the + receiving side. + * Got rid of support for protocol versions 17 and 18 (which are both over 6 years old). (Wayne Davison) @@ -77,9 +96,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: * More optimal data transmission for --checksum (protocol 28). - * Less memory used for holding --checksum data. + * Less memory is used when --checksum is specified. - * Less memory used per-file in the file list. + * Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings). + + * Changed hardlink info and file_struct + strings to use + allocation pools. This reduces memory use for large + filesets and permits freeing memory to the OS. (J.W. Schultz) * The 2 pipes used between the receiver and generator processes (which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe @@ -93,6 +116,13 @@ Changes since 2.6.0: handled by the same code that sends & receives the list over the wire. This makes it much easier to maintain. + * Optimized the -x (--one-file-system) flag's handling of any + mount-point directories we encounter (it no longer scans the + contents of the mount-point dirs, just to throw away the data). + + * Improved the internal uid/gid code to be more portable and + a little more optimized. + NEWS for rsync 2.6.0 (1 Jan 2004) Protocol: 27 (changed)