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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
+rsync 2.5.0 (2001-11-30)		-*- indented-text -*- 
 
   ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
       sets.  By Bert J. Dempsey and Debra Weiss, updated by Jos
       Backus.  <http://www.ils.unc.edu/i2dsi/unc_rsync+.html>
 
+    * IPv6 support based on a patch from KAME.net, on systems
+      including modern versions of Linux, Solaris, and HP-UX.  Also
+      includes IPv6 compatibility functions for old OSs by the
+      Internet Software Consortium, Paul Vixie, the OpenSSH
+      portability project, and OpenBSD.
+
   ENHANCEMENTS
 
     * Include/exclude cluestick: with -vv, print out whether files are
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
       file to get cleaned out by another process.
 
     * Change to using libpopt rather than getopt for processing
-      options.  This makes the code cleaner and the behaviour more
+      options.	This makes the code cleaner and the behaviour more
       consistent across platforms.  popt is included and built if not
       installed on the platform.
 
@@ -43,10 +49,12 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
       explain that we do it in a secure way.
 
     * --whole-file is the default when source and target are on the
-        local machine.
+	local machine.
 
   BUG FIXES:
 
+    * Fix for various bugs causing rsync to hang.
+
     * Attempt to fix Large File Summit support on AIX.
 
     * Attempt to fix error handling lockup bug.
@@ -54,8 +62,6 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
     * Give a non-0 exit code if *any* of the files we have been asked
       to transfer fail to transfer 
 
-    * Applied "simple nohang patch" from Wayne Davison.
-
     * For log messages containing ridiculously long strings that might
       overflow a buffer rsync no longer aborts, but rather prints an
       ellipsis at the end of the string.  (Patch from Ed Santiago.)
@@ -65,11 +71,44 @@ rsync 2.4.7 (sometime in 2001, maybe :)
     * Improved support for UNICOS (tested on Cray T3E and Cray SV1)
 
     * autoconf2.52 (or later) is now required to rebuild the autoconf
-      scripts.  It is not required to simply build rsync.
+      scripts.	It is not required to simply build rsync.
+
+    * Platforms thought to work in this release:
+
+		Cray SV1 UNICOS 10.0.0.8 cc
+		Debian Linux 2.2 UltraSparc gcc
+		Debian Linux testing/unstable ARM gcc
+		FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386 cc
+		FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE i386 cc
+		FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386 cc
+		HP PA-RISC HP-UX 10.20 gcc
+		HP PA-RISC HP-UX 11.11 cc
+		IRIX 6.5 MIPS cc
+		IRIX 6.5 MIPS gcc
+		Mac OS X PPC (--disable-ipv6) cc
+		NetBSD 1.5 i386 gcc
+		NetBSD Current i386 cc
+		OpenBSD 2.5 Sparc gcc
+		OpenBSD 2.9 i386 cc
+		OpenBSD Current i386 cc
+		RedHat 6.2 i386 gcc
+		RedHat 6.2 i386 insure++
+		RedHat 7.0 i386 gcc
+		RedHat 7.1 i386 (Kernel 2.4.10) gcc
+		Slackware 8.0 i686 (Kernel 2.4.10)
+		Solaris 8 UltraSparc cc
+		Solaris 8 UltraSparc gcc
+		Solaris 8 i386 gcc
+		SuSE 7.1 i386 gcc2.95.2
+		SuSE 7.1 ppc gcc2.95.2
+		i386-pc-sco3.2v5.0.5 cc
+		i386-pc-sco3.2v5.0.5 gcc
+		powerpc-ibm-aix4.3.3.0 cc
+		i686-unknown-sysv5UnixWare7.1.0 gcc
+		i686-unknown-sysv5UnixWare7.1.0 cc
 
   TESTING:
 
     * The existing test.sh script by Phil Hands has been merged into a
       test framework that works from both "make check" and the Samba
       build farm.
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